Old-Fashioned Ideas Live On in the Garden
When we're young, we often don't appreciate the wisdom of what we consider to be old-fashioned ideas. We're ready to move on to new ideas and the modern ways of …
gardening stories
Blooms, Giggles, and Green Thumbs
Hey there, fellow green thumbs! Don Nicholas here, your friendly neighborhood plant enthusiast and Executive Publisher of GreenPrints Garden Club. I hope this blog post finds you planning to be …
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Is Seed Catalog Season
Oh, the joy of seed catalog season! It's my favorite time of year when they start rolling in, long before the holidays are even over, but ready to read once …
Homemade Lemon Curd Makes Good Neighbors
I'll admit that homemade lemon curd has never brought a tear to my eye. A pucker to my lips? Absolutely. A smile to my mouth? Certainly! A sigh of ecstasy? …
Feeling Burned Out? Try Gardening for Mental Health
If I didn't already enjoy gardening, I would no doubt love the idea of gardening for mental health purposes. Let's be honest, the past few years have been a challenge. …
The Gardening Gifts Are What She Wanted
I love getting gardening gifts for Christmas. If I think back, my favorites have been my hori-hori knife, and any one of my hydroponic gardens. I certainly get a new …
The Trowel That Keeps on Giving
This article was originally published in our sister publication, GreenPrints Magazine, under the title, “Elizabeth’s Trowel.” It was written by Julie Foley and was published originally in 2018, in GreenPrints …
A New Way of Protecting Fruit Trees from Frost?
Have you ever gone to extreme lengths when protecting fruit trees from frost? Or any plants from a late or early frost? This year the weather wasn't as unpredictable (and …
They Weren’t Always Picking Crabapples On This Land
Today's story about picking crabapples gave me a little chuckle, though you might not laugh at the punch line if you're vegetarian.
"Crabby About Apples," comes from Alma Barkman, who has …
It’s Never Too Late For the Benefits of Healing Gardens
I think as gardeners we can all appreciate the idea of gardens as a place of healing. That can be quite literal when we grow herbs like peppermint that can …
