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I'm really into gardening.

A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.

We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds.

I have no intention of being a potted plant, and just getting watered every so often.

I have a garden, and I'm passionately interested in young people.

I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful.

I grow herbs near the back door, and you can grow a wonderful selection of herbs and window boxes... My idea is that you should grow what you eat. There's no point in growing something like celeriac - which is very difficult to grow - if you hate it.

I've never really had any trouble coming up with ideas; they just grow, like weeds. The weeding is the hard part.

I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.

I think I just want to garden - or kill some plants, in my case.