"All the from my open fires is shared among the plants that particularly like , s and es particularly, and I give some to the , and in the winter the apple trees get their share. When I grew potatoes and es they, too, were lucky."
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Margery Fish
(née Townshend, 5 August 1892 – 24 March 1969) was an English gardener and gardening writer, who wrote 8 books. She created at , , a garden that has and remains open to the public.
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