194 Quotes About Farming

[Rachel] was of the opinion that if baseball were any slower it would be called farming

A swift rhythm is played out by my hands, a cadence known only to those who have strung tobacco. To many, the meter and rhythm of stringing is the only poetry they've ever known.

Det er med Agerdyrknings Videnskab ligesom med Philosophie: Nogle legge Vind paa Hoved-Ting, og lære noget; andre fordybe sig udi Transcendentalske Sager, forvilde alting, og vide intet.

When we destroy the fertile lands, we destroy our own good life!

Your little eco-friendly fairy tale ain’t going to happen. This was farming land long before it was cute-house land.

In olden times there were warriors, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants. Agriculture was said to be closer to the source of things than trade or manufacturing, and the farmer was said to be "the cupbearer of the gods." He was always able to get by somehow or other and have enough to eat.

And she understood. She would have done the same. She understood, too, why she'd been wrong to offer Ballyhara as a substitute for land he'd farmed all his life. It made all his work meaningless, and the work of his sons, his brothers, his father, his father's father.

Today, it is the scent of honeysuckle that takes me back in time and lays me down near a barn. I pick a honeysuckle blossom, touch the trumpet to my nose and inhale. With sticky filthy fingers, I pinch the base of its delicate well then lick the drop of nectar. The sweet liquid makes me thirst for more, and I reach for another and another, the same hands that reach again and again for tobacco as I string. I separate honeysuckle blossoms and taste.

All good farmers become connoisseurs of dirt and dust.