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

Ranking the Best Chocolate Candies

Ranking the Best Chocolate Candies

If you love chocolate, you've likely found yourself in the candy aisle pondering, “Which chocolate should I indulge in today?” Fear not, fellow chocolate connoisseur! We've taken on the arduous  …
Conversations with a Village Herbalist

Conversations with a Village Herbalist

A Good-Natured Interview by Don Nicholas, Your Intrepid Gardening Reporter There are many joys in writing—but one of the most delightful, at least for me, is the chance to create characters  …
Best Tomato Seeds of 2026

Best Tomato Seeds of 2026

10 Fantastic Single-Variety Tomato Seed Picks (From Cherry Gems to Beefsteak Beauties) If you’re like me — someone who gets a little spark in your eye when you think about homegrown  …
Compost Tea and Compost

Compost Tea and Compost

If the full article on compost and compost tea is your gardening textbook, think of this guide as your pocket reference. Pin it on your shed wall or save it  …
Brewing Success in the Garden

Brewing Success in the Garden

Few gardening practices deliver more bang for the buck than using compost and compost tea. These two natural powerhouses not only improve soil structure and fertility, but also help your  …
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  …