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 San Marzano Experiment

The Great San Marzano Experiment

There are many ways a professional chef parents a child. Some teach knife skills. Some teach patience. Mine taught me that if a tomato didn’t taste right, the soil was  …
Figs, Faith, and Fig Newtons

Figs, Faith, and Fig Newtons

My introduction to figs did not happen in a garden, a market, or even in my father’s kitchen. It happened in Sunday school.  …
San Marzano: The Tomato That Stole My Heart

San Marzano: The Tomato That Stole My Heart

As an avid tomato gardener, let me tell you: San Marzano tomatoes are nothing short of magical. These oblong, bright-red beauties are the secret ingredient behind the best pasta sauce  …
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  …