James Dronenburg: Jim is an accountant by day and an Irish harper by night. Plus, he runs two garden clubs in the Washington, D.C., area. With four inside cats, chickens, peafowl, and a couple of golden pheasants, his house is busy! His work appeared in GreenPrints Issues 107 and 114.

Don Nicholas: Don 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. His work appeared in GreenPrints Issue 139.

Susan J. Bliss: Oregon’s Susan is a gardener, a registered pharmacist, and author of We Will Be Healed: Spiritual Renewal for Healthcare Professionals. Her work appeared in GreenPrints Issues 124, 130, and 138.

Eileen Dormer: Retired high-school teacher and adjunct professor, Eileen considers one of her biggest failures her inability to interest her husband and sons in even pulling a garden weed.

Ellen Shriner: Ellen is more an artist than scientist with her gardening. Color and texture engage her, soil pH not so much. And Winter gardening is a topic near and dear to her, while buried in Minnesota snow. Someday when life slows down for her, Ellen may even finish her novel.

Rebecca Frank: Rebecca loves gardening and nature. She’s been a wife for 23 years and a homeschooling mother to two wonderful children. Please check out her women’s encouragement blog.

Hannah Dougherty Campbell: Pennsylvania-based gardener and freelance writer Hannah describes how her dad grew string beans. Her work appeared in GreenPrints Issues 133 and 136.

Regular Contributing Editors: 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 91 GreenPrints issues!

Buds Credit

“There’s something soothing about firming seeds in the soil and tending plants under the glass of your greenhouse while raindrops and snowflakes fall against the panes.”—This month’s “Buds” quotation was selected by the GreenPrints editorial staff.

Send your favorite garden quote to submissions@greenprints.com with “Buds” in the subject line. If we use it, you get a free year’s subscription!