Oranges at Christmas
When I was a child in Britain, our Christmas stockings always had an orange in the toe. This wasn’t just a symbol but a real treat because I was a …
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A Long-Ago Christmas
Her white hair was put up in a bun, and her pink cotton housedress reached down to her ankles. She sat in an old wooden rocker with a large glass …
Christmas Treasure
One November, a red lumpy sphere mysteriously appeared on the cold marble table. There it sat for days on end—admired, silent, proud, waiting. At night it reflected light from the …
Gardening Barbie
Buying Christmas presents for my young relatives is always a struggle. I only see these kids once every few years when I go back home to Texas. I can hardly …
Find Your Own Gardening Buddy
My garden is my sanctuary. It’s where I go if I want some peace and quiet in my day. Especially now that I have a four-year old daughter, finding a …
Weeding the Garden Can Be Meditative
I love a funny story like everyone else, but so many of the stories submitted to us are about someone moving through trauma or grief with their garden by their …
Growing Succulents is For the Brave
Let me tell you about my journey growing succulents. I am a nurturer, you see, and so, I don't have the best luck with any type of succulent because all …
Picking Blackberries to Your Heart’s Content
I'd be lying if I said this one didn't make me a little weepy. Here I was just minding my own business, paging through GreenPrints, when I stumbled upon this …
Christmas Coffee Plant
At the middle school where my wife, Carole, and I teach, we have a small coffee room—with four coffee pots. Two perk regular coffee, one holds decaffeinated, and one has …
My New Year’s Garden
As we grow older, New Year’s Resolutions are apt to become more important to us. The accumulating years begin to press down upon us, bringing acute awareness of our mortality. …
