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>I am looking for the quote of Jefferson's that goes something like....Though I >am an old man, I am a young gardener. If you could help me locate when and >where this was written I would be very grateful. Thank you for any information >you can give me. The quote you are seeking is from a letter of Jefferson's to Charles W. Peale, written August 20, 1811, from his Poplar Forest residence. It is in the Library of America volume of Jefferson's Writings, pg. 1249 (should be available in any public library). This is the end of the first paragraph: "No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. Such a variety of subjects, some one always coming to perfection, the failure of one thing repaired by the success of another, and instead of one harvest a continued one through the year. Under a total want of demand except for our family table, I am still devoted to the garden. But though an old man, I am but a young gardener." Best wishes, Eyler Coates