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

A Perfect Garden Story

A Perfect Garden Story

One of the greatest joys of my role at GreenPrints is reading the hundreds of submissions we receive each year from gardeners across the country and around the world. Some  …
The Bush Pickle Cucumber Chronicles

The Bush Pickle Cucumber Chronicles

As an avid food gardener, I can honestly say that the Bush Pickle cucumber is one of my all-time favorite plants to grow. This unassuming, squat little vine produces pint-sized  …
The Blues Are Back in Town!

The Blues Are Back in Town!

As a lifelong lover of San Francisco—its fog-kissed mornings, its clang-clanging cable cars, and yes, the soulful voice of Tony Bennett—I’ve just heard news that has my garden gloves in  …
The Curious Case of Kale

The Curious Case of Kale

Once upon a thyme in the not-so-distant past, Americans were suspicious of anything green and curly that didn’t resemble iceberg lettuce or a dill pickle. Kale? Wasn’t that just fancy  …
Herbs de Provence and the Root of All Flavor

Herbs de Provence and the Root of All Flavor

As your intrepid gardening reporter—and lifelong lover of roasted root vegetables—I must confess: Herbs de Provence changed my culinary life before I even knew what a bouquet garni was. My  …
Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

As a youth, I found pumpkins amazing—mostly because they were so many things at once. They were decorations, lanterns, snacks, pie filling, and sometimes, even a little scary. Every October,  …