Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

‘...for the most part we remain a little-known phenomenon - it's the nature of the work or, as the Lord of the Rings' Sam Gamgee, puts it: “The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm.”’ bugs.scribble.com/

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Quoted by@gracie88888 @ploughmansfolly @trycypress @normonics I think that’s an immense part of it, Amy. I was truly scared, taking my first steps, coming in from exile, with no knowhow, no aptitude, no resources. Initially, I recall we were convinced we needed ‘land.’ And then, a verge between road and sidewalk; and squatting unused lots.