SEEDS & WEEDS: The Funniest Things People Have Said About GARDENING

THE FUNNIEST THINGS PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT GARDENING 33
The hand mower
Some veteran gardeners are so in tune with plants that
they can communicate with them — they’re plant
whisperers.
They generally don’t let people know about
their ability because they don’t want to you to
think they’re crazy.
But they know what plants like and what
they don’t like.
One thing they will tell you: Plants
hate the ear-splitting, root-stem-andleaf-shuddering
clamor of
power mowers and weed
whips. (They also hate
low-flying jets,
ambulance and police
sirens, and highway
noise.) Subjected to
these noises, plants
would pull themselves
underground by the roots if they could.
That’s why plant whisperers use hand mowers.