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15 Long Lasting Root Cellar Vegetables and Fruits
There's a true joy in going to the garden and picking some ripe eggplant, tomatoes, and herbs for a late summer dinner. I love walking friends through my garden in …
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The January Microgreen Revolution
Though cold winters may slow growth in your home food garden, production doesn’t have to stop entirely. Growing indoor microgreens can bring a vibrant and rewarding solution to your garden …
7 Fantastically Unique Vegetable Garden Ideas
There are two ways to think about unique vegetable garden ideas: one is design and layout, and the other is what vegetables you grow. But why not combine them? There’s …
Digging Deeper: A Conversation Between Author and Alter Ego
Don Nicholas (DN):
Good afternoon, readers! I’m Don Nicholas, your intrepid gardening reporter—and today I have the extraordinary pleasure of interviewing someone quite… unique. He’s a globe-trotting gardener, a grieving widower …
How to Grow a Garden-Fresh Salad
If there is one piece of wisdom that has guided both my gardening and my cooking, it’s this: begin with the end in mind. It’s the same advice I’ve heard …
Grateful Hands, Greener Hearts
Every January I start seeds in my laundry-room window while the thermometer outside pretends it’s the North Pole. My 2026 resolution is to add a cold frame so I can …
Fermenting Vegetables From Your Garden
A garden bursting with produce brings huge satisfaction. But how can you enjoy every last bit of your hard-earned harvest before it goes to waste? Imagine transforming those vegetables, capturing …
My German Recipe Collection
I’m not saying German food changed my life—but let’s just say, after enough schnitzel, sauerkraut, and German chocolate cake, I started questioning my ancestry, my destiny, and my pants size.
Yes, …
10 Vegetables that Require Little Sun to Flourish
When we bought our house, my favorite thing in the backyard was the hundred-year-old Ash tree smack dab in the center of the yard. She was statuesque, gorgeous, sturdy, and …
Beetlemania and the Backyard Battleground
Here at GreenPrints, we’ve long believed that gardening is a dance—sometimes a graceful waltz with pollinators, other times a full-blown mosh pit with pests. And rarely has that mosh pit …
