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Hydroponic vs. Garden Lettuce Growing Showdown

Hydroponic vs. Garden Lettuce Growing Showdown

Are you stuck in lettuce limbo, endlessly scrolling through Instagram-perfect hydroponic setups while glancing guiltily at your perfectly good garden plot outside? You're not alone! The great lettuce location debate  
A Perfect Garden Story

A Perfect Garden Story

One of the greatest joys of my role at GreenPrints is reading the hundreds of submissions we receive each year from gardeners across the country and around the world. Some  
Do You Keep A Garden Diary?

Do You Keep A Garden Diary?

Illustrated by Linda Cook Devona I only started keeping a garden diary a few years ago. Most of it would probably be pretty boring to random readers. There are no juicy  
Is it a shovel or is it a spade?

Is it a shovel or is it a spade?

How's the back? Has it stopped aching yet? Charles Dudley Warner said: "What one needs in gardening is a cast-iron back with a hinge in it." He was right! Mine's  
The Expert

The Expert

“Thank you ever so much for fixing the lawnmower; that darn thing has been playing up for some time now. You’re too kind…”  
The Great Tomato Adventure

The Great Tomato Adventure

Gardening has always been my escape, a place where I find peace among the petals. But one Summer, my serene sanctuary turned into a stage for a comedy of errors  
Food Gardening Paints a Bright Future

Food Gardening Paints a Bright Future

In neighborhoods across the United States, a gardening movement that took root during the pandemic is blossoming into a full-scale green revolution. What began as a lockdown pastime has grown  
“English Flies”

“English Flies”

A garden without sounds is to me as much a deprivation of the senses as a garden without scents. My ideal garden has a perpetual music of trickling water, the