Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

-Jerrold, Douglas William
Of  Australia. The Wit and Opinions of Douglas Jerrold (published1859),'A Land of Plenty'.

The cure for this ill is not to sit still, Or frowst with a book by the fire; But to take a large hoe and a shovel also, And dig till you gently perspire.

-Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard
  Just So Stories,'How the Camel Got His Hump'.