"The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm;his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command."
By the time a man attains 50, he is either a gardener or a drunkard.
Warning - Making garden compost can become addictive. In extreme cases, it is possible to see the garden as a being an elaborate means of keeping the compost heaps going.