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

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  …
Power from the Garden

Power from the Garden

Protein and the Balance of Macros When we talk about nutrition, three main players—carbohydrates, fats, and proteins—make up the “macronutrient” team. Carbohydrates fuel our bodies with energy. Fats help us absorb  …
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  …