About Don Nicholas

Don Nicholas

Don Nicholas serves as Executive Publisher for Food Gardening Network and GreenPrints. He is an active gardener whose favorite crops include tomatoes, basil, blueberries, and corn. Don and his wife Gail live and work in southern Massachusetts surrounded by forests, family farms, cranberry bogs, and nearby beaches.

Articles by Don Nicholas

The Great Seedling Safari

The Great Seedling Safari

After more decades than I care to count—let’s just call them “mini decades”—I’ve come to accept a hard truth about myself: I have purchased thousands of seedlings.  …
Food Gardener’s Bible

Food Gardener’s Bible

Some books are written quickly. This one took me about seven decades. That’s not because I’m a slow typist (though my fingers might occasionally argue otherwise). It’s because Food Gardeners Bible is  …
How to Grow a Garden-Fresh Salad

How to Grow a Garden-Fresh Salad

If there is one piece of wisdom that has guided both my gardening and my cooking, it’s this: begin with the end in mind. It’s the same advice I’ve heard  …
Crazy for Cucumbers!

Crazy for Cucumbers!

If you’ve ever heard a cucumber squeak, you already know they have personality. No, really—pluck one off the vine on a warm afternoon and give it a little rub. That  …
Purple Mysteries in the Garden

Purple Mysteries in the Garden

Every gardener has that one plant they fall head-over-trowel for. For some it’s basil. For others, dahlias. But for me—and for a passionate legion of GreenPrints readers—it’s the inimitable, irresistible  …
Our Favorite Herbs and Spices

Our Favorite Herbs and Spices

Recently, Gail and I embarked on an ambitious project to rearrange our herb and spice cabinet. Inspired by the flavors of our own backyard garden and some culinary research, we  …