Too Many Tomatoes? or Frozen Lettuce?
Which shall it be? The frozen lettuce just happened, while the too-many tomatoes is yet to occur (but is as sure a certainty as President Clinton is to ... well, …
About Mike McGrath
Pennsylvania’s Mike McGrath has been a valuable mainstay of the magazine for decades, contributing his unique perspectives and humor about gardening and life. Mike’s work has appeared in over 100 GreenPrints issues!
Articles by Mike McGrath
The Return of the Son of the Bride of the Monster That Devoured Cleveland
I thought I was planting a giant pumpkin ... …
The Yellowjackets Strike Back!
I was still a city kid when the first Hornet from Hell tried to kill me—but the crime was not attempted in the city, a concrete row-house paradise pretty much …
“The Canes Go Marching Two by Two…”
They all go marching down—through the beds, where they evict—the tomatoes, boom boom boom. The canes go marching three by three, the little one stops to take a, eh—rest—and they …
An Orchid to Die For
We now travel back in time to (Dare I say it?) 1985 or 1986. I put those AirTag things on my wallet and keys so I’d have half-a-prayer of finding …
I know, but at least it’s not an old toilet out there by the road
Way back when, I decided to stop buying cheap (not ‘inexpensive’; I mean cheap!) gas grills that lasted about as long as a Bic lighter (I would have said Bic …
Hosta la Vista!
Read by Michael Flamel
Listen Now:
To quote Wikipedia (which, yes, I send a donation to every year because one) I use it a lot in my work and two) I grew …
My Horizontal Rhododendron
Two Springs ago (not counting the most recent one, which was lovely in early January but ran away on the [theoretical] “first day of Spring” and has not been seen …
I Love Loofas!
Warning: This story, like 90 percent of gardening, is a cliffhanger. Most of you will be familiar with that term, but in the interest of stalling for time, I will …
“Where Have All the Fireflies Gone?”
Those of us who have achieved a certain age remember Summer and Fall in ways that no longer exist:
Collecting empty soda (pop) bottles to take back to the store for …
