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

How to Be a Happy Food Gardener

How to Be a Happy Food Gardener

I’ve read more self-help books than I care to admit. Some were helpful, some were forgettable, and a few were written with such certainty that I half expected the author  …
Tea with Ladybug Lily

Tea with Ladybug Lily

There’s a certain kind of magic that happens when your imagination takes flight—especially when it’s riding on the tiny wings of a ladybug named Lily. This week, I had the distinct  …
Cheers to My Personal Tomato Favorites

Cheers to My Personal Tomato Favorites

Every tomato gardener eventually reaches a point where the question changes. It’s no longer, “Can I grow tomatoes?” It becomes, “Which tomatoes do I always want in my garden?” This chapter is my  …
Troubleshooting Tomatoes with Confidence

Troubleshooting Tomatoes with Confidence

Even after everything you’ve learned—about soil, water, pruning, pests, flavor, and timing—there will be moments when a tomato plant looks at you and says, “Something’s not right.” That doesn’t mean you’ve  …
Tomato Wisdom A to Z

Tomato Wisdom A to Z

Every tomato season teaches lessons that don’t always fit neatly into chapters about soil, watering, pests, or harvests. They’re the quiet truths you learn while tying up vines at dusk. The shortcuts  …