GreenPrints #089, Spring 2012

Description

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

Sweet Violets
A memory—barely—kept alive.

The Garden
The author of “Last Child in the Woods” tells how gardening changed his life.

A Tale of Trees
There may be more to them than we understand.

Italian Salad
How do you get anchovies to grow on lettuce?

Mr. and Mrs. Finch
And the lesson they taught me.

Mother Nature Does Not Need My Help
It’s a good thing, too.

Where, Oh Where, Have My Redworms Gone?”
Mike McGrath misplaces His mailordered mini-Composters.

I’m a Star
A three-year-old finds fame—in the garden.

Bush Picture Memories
A treasured plant gets new meaning.

My Garden Business
If I’m not outstanding in my field, at least I can be out standing in my field!

Backyard Alamo
One gardener’s report on the great Texas drought of 2011.

Redneck Gardener
A liberal and conservative gardener try to get along.

Gopher
A pest, a canyon—and my cell phone.

Dr. Tomato
Charley Rick spent his life studying tomatoes. Was it worth it?