Seedy Doings
"Bee, I'm afraid I have to work late tonight. I've got a whole batch of radio scripts to write, and I'm way behind. You go on to bed. I'll come …
About Pat Stone
Pat is Founding Editor of GreenPrints, having established GreenPrints in 1990 as a unique gardening quarterly print magazine that is filled with entertaining, funny, and heartwarming stories about gardening and life. Pat’s vision continues to guide the editorial mission of GreenPrints, and he ensures that every published story is worth a read by subscribers.
Articles by Pat Stone
The Origins of Water According to Gardening Science
I don’t like to pick favorites (or maybe I do, that’s what I’m doing here each day, isn’t it?) but whenever one of Becky Rupp’s pieces about gardening science comes …
Gardening Poems Like This One Touch the Soul
Gardening can provide nourishment for the body through healthy vegetables and fresh fruits. It can offer nourishment for the soul in lush foliage and gorgeous flowers. But gardening can also …
(almost) Ground Zero, Part II
Last month in this column, I described our experience living in the area of Western North Carolina severely hit by Hurricane Helene [see “(almost) Ground Zero”]. Our part of Fairview …
The Joy of Gardening Comes in a Watering Can
As the kids say, “I found my people” when I read today’s story from Barbara Baker, where she shares her joy of gardening in the form of a watering can …
A Sprout of Gardening Humor Straight from the… Compost?
Hearing about new gardener mistakes is one of my favorite sources of laughter. Not because I like to chuckle at other people’s misery but because we’ve all been there. You …
Harvesting Wood
I’m out in the forest alone—well, I do have my chain saw and beat-up pickup for company. I smell the crisp, fresh air. I bask in the November sun, whose …
(almost) Ground Zero
We interrupt our regularly scheduled garden story . . . because we have been severely interrupted ourselves. By Hurricane Helene. North Carolina’s Asheville—and our outlying community of Fairview—were the areas …
(almost) Ground Zero
Illustrated by Nick Gray
*For everyone who has been asking how Pat Stone is doing in Asheville - we heard from him and here is his first hand account.
North Carolina’s Asheville—and …
A Spring Gardening Poem
There are many things I love about Spring.
The smell in the air as the earth unthaws and the soil emerges again.
The sound of birds returning home.
The sight of forests of …
