GreenPrints Magazine

19/05/2023

Gardening joy can come from a gorgeous row of tomatoes, or it can come from the dirt under your fingernails.

Like most gardeners, I experience gardening joy almost every time I walk into my garden. Admittedly, sometimes it feels more like gardening anxiety when I

18/05/2023

In this story of vegetable for dummies, it's unclear if the garden ever gets planted!

At times when I'm in the garden, I feel like I could be the star of any story about vegetable gardening for dummies. Most of the time I know what I'm

17/05/2023

No, the customer is not always right. And this plant nursery man can prove it.

If you've had the pleasure of working a customer service job of any kind, you'll be able to relate to the nursery man in this story. Of course, most

16/05/2023

No, a backyard meditation and Canadian Geese don't usually work well together. You'll just have to trust me on this one.

A backyard meditation probably makes you think of a quiet moment, with the sun shining overhead, the songs of finches and orioles setting the mood, and

12/05/2023

If you find slugs eating your garden, it might be time to call in the professionals. Or you could just call your hippie friends.

11/05/2023

When Kevin looks back to 1971 and gardening with his mom, what stands out most to him is the tiller they used. There's a very good reason for that, though!

Oh! The joys of family gardening. I realize that might sound a little sarcastic, but I'm being serious. I love gardening with my family. It's gives us a

11/05/2023

Charlotte's Garden, is a beautiful story about the ways a garden can give us so much more than pretty flowers, or fruits and vegetables.

Whether it's a grandmother's or mother's garden, the gardens we remember from childhood are almost always places we can return to in our minds to find a

09/05/2023

Some gardeners find landscaping inspiration through what is there. Others find inspiration through what's missing.

Landscaping inspiration comes from so many places. It may be the unique hue of a fern leaf or the perfumed air around jasmine or rose flowers. The gentle

09/05/2023

No, a backyard meditation and Canadian Geese don't usually work well together. You'll just have to trust me on this one.

A backyard meditation probably makes you think of a quiet moment, with the sun shining overhead, the songs of finches and orioles setting the mood, and

08/05/2023

Sometimes a healing garden isn't a garden full of flowers or bushes, rather, it's a single flower that blooms at the perfect time.

I find most gardens to be healing. Even with the thorns, rocks, weeds, and sore back, I find gardens to be a place of peace, serenity, and contemplation.

08/05/2023

Reading this story reminds my that my family garden, and all family gardens, truly are a place of miracles and wonder.

My family and my family garden have both grown over the years. My very first gardens were me and some of my favorite herbs. Then, gradually, I added a few

05/05/2023

A friend once had a pumpkin patch growing from his compost heap. One of the pumpkins must have been 100 pounds. It was truly something to behold! Something similar happened to Mike McGrath.

Composting mistakes happen. Some of those mistakes are pretty minor, like when you spill your cup of freshly squeezed rosemary lemonade into the compost

05/05/2023

If you find slugs eating your garden, it might be time to call in the professionals. Or you could just call your hippie friends.

Hippies and gardens go together. So do slugs and gardens, even though that's not an ideal match. But how are hippies involved when there are slugs eating

04/05/2023

In this backyard pest control project, the pests were overgrown blackberry brambles. But something awfully cute brought things to a pause.

When I think of backyard pest control, I usually think of it as a way to get rid of unwanted critters. On a small scale, that might be Squash Bugs or

03/05/2023

There is a flower love language, and it's easy to understand if we just take the time to listen closely to it.

He loves me. He loves me not. Maybe you remember saying this as you snapped each petal from a flower, one by one. Your adolescent love life rested on the

02/05/2023

I wouldn't imagine too much would go into watching butterfly eggs. Liz Rasley didn't think so, either. It turns out, that's not true at all!

I love butterflies. They're like little artistic stained glass windows flitting about the flowers and vegetables. They're helpful, too. Though they aren't

01/05/2023

Will Margaret stay home and send her family to vacation in Italy, giving here a "week of pure ecstasy" in the garden? She just might!

There are a few times during the year that I would say almost any garden is an enchanting garden. When the flowers are in full bloom, the foliage is lush

28/04/2023

Some mistakes leave you with a smelly, slimy mess. Other mistakes work out in your favor. And they can be pretty tasty.

Composting mistakes happen. Some of those mistakes are pretty minor, like when you spill your cup of freshly squeezed rosemary lemonade into the compost

27/04/2023

Pruners in hand, I stood below the massive holly tree and stared up at the mishmash of green berries and pointy glossy leaves shooting from the thick, vertical canes of the dreaded Himalayan blackberry plant.

When I think of backyard pest control, I usually think of it as a way to get rid of unwanted critters. On a small scale, that might be Squash Bugs or

26/04/2023

This story reminds us that love is something to share and appreciate with those special people in our lives, and we can celebrate it in the simplest of ways.

He loves me. He loves me not. Maybe you remember saying this as you snapped each petal from a flower, one by one. Your adolescent love life rested on the

25/04/2023

I have the cutest little caterpillars in my garden, and I couldn't be happier watching them grow and turn into butterflies.

I love butterflies. They're like little artistic stained glass windows flitting about the flowers and vegetables. They're helpful, too. Though they aren't

24/04/2023

Why travel all the way to Italy for spring break when you have an enchanting in your own backyard just feet away?

There are a few times during the year that I would say almost any garden is an enchanting garden. When the flowers are in full bloom, the foliage is lush

21/04/2023

The idea of a tree talking isn't as far-fetched as we might think. And some people are ready to talk to them. Or at least write letters to their favorites.

If the idea of a tree talking makes you think of fantasy stories with elves and wizards, we are of the same mind. I'll admit my first thought is of the