Toad Tends His Garden

Hasty Horticulture Heresy and other Weeds of Woe

From Arnold Lobel’s 1971 Frog and Toad Together, “The Garden”, where Toad envies Frog’s garden and wants a garden for himself. Here Toad is seen shouting impatiently at the seeds he just planted. “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”

There are a number of allusions to agriculture throughout Scripture. Jesus teaches a few parables about sowing seeds and reaping h…