“Frank’s mum, Donna, loves gardening. She plants something in every piece of junk that can hold even so much as an egg cup of soil. Petunias bloom from the back of a merry-go-round swan, sweet peas climb up from a rocket.”
“But this is very special chewing gum, if you keep on chewing it long enough it will turn green, and then if you plant it, it will grow more chewing gum, and the sooner you start chewing the sooner you’ll have more.”
“On the hill behind the barn, Johnny’s grandfather had planted a few apple trees. These were the only apple trees in the valley, and they were known as Orchard’s orchard.”
“Well, it’s high time there were new Folks in the Big House, high time, and I do hope they’re planting Folks, not shiftless like the last ones. Three years now since there’s been a good garden on this place.”