GreenPrints #074, Summer 2008

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This back issue of The Weeder’s Digest includes the following gardening stories and tales:

Light Passes Through Me
Aunt Sadie broke a plant to repair my life.

Bunny Seeds
Dogs love ’em!

Stuck With a Snapper
We built the pond, added the fish, and then … !

The Day Before
A vegetable farmer contemplates the beginning of harvest season.

Old Tools
The day I found a prehistoric tool in my garden.

My Handmade Refuge
How my backyard became a refuge—for wild creatures and for me.

The 100-Inch Diet
So-called “locavores” only eat food grown within 100 miles? I’m going to eat food grown within 100 inches!

Grower or Shower
Which kind of gardener are you?

Tomato Ties
Gardening with Dad helped me put my frantic work—and life—into perspective.

You Can’t Kill a Spider Plant
But Mike McGrath can—easy!

I Had No Idea
A whiff of soil on the breeze made me leave the big city and get back to gardening.

Cold Comfort
Every one of her children has a special job in Mom’s garden. Mine, unfortunately, is …

Dusting the Beans
My garden mess-up finally made Grandpa laugh again.

Life, Death, and Cabbages
How a young girl learned Montaigne’s famous lesson.