Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Garden

He that hires one garden (which he looks after) eats birds; he that hires more than one will be eaten by the birds.

Many things grow in the garden that were not sowed there.

More grows in a garden than a gardener sows there.Portuguese.

Rue an thyme grow baith in ae garden.

The gardener’s feet do no harm to the garden.Spanish.

Wholesome and poisonous herbs grow in the same garden.