Green Manure Crops

Famous quotes containing the words green, manure and/or crops:

“It was in and about the Martinmas time,
When the green leaves were afalling,
That Sir John Graeme, in the West Country,
Fell in love with Barbara Allan.”
—Unknown. Bonny Barbara Allan (l. 1–4)

“Wheat, sugarcane, chickpeas—all crops—must have manure to grow. Never forget it.”
—Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.

“Listen, that’s the one that done it. The dusters. They started it anyways. Blowin’ like this year after year. Blowin’ the land away. Blowin’ the crops away. Blowin’ us away now.”
—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)