A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A garden looks promising at first but often yields only basic vegetables instead of variety.
- In plain terms
- Gardens look promising at first but often just grow plain vegetables.
- What can you take from it?
- Expect simple results from initial efforts rather than grand promises.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What happens after initial hope?
- How do you handle simple results?
Another view
This assumes failure or lack of variety in all gardening efforts.
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