Tag: gardening stories

A Healing Garden for the Weary

A Healing Garden for the Weary

Today's piece about a healing garden might need a trigger warning, as beautiful as it is. If you're a woman (or are partnered with one), by the time you reach  
An Ode to the Lawn Gardeners

An Ode to the Lawn Gardeners

Are lawn gardeners a thing? I'll make a case for it, hear me out. The author of today's piece and my husband happen to have a lot in common. They're "lawn  
The Joy of Gardening … Er, Weeding?

The Joy of Gardening … Er, Weeding?

Don't you just love when someone says they stink at something, but then they seem to be some type of master professional of the craft? That's not exactly where I'm  
Are You Harvesting Garlic Scapes Wrong?

Are You Harvesting Garlic Scapes Wrong?

As a lover of garlic scapes—the more-delicious alternative to asparagus—I could hardly believe it when I read today's piece, Scaping Lessons, and learned there are people on this planet that  
A Gardening Poem About Summer

A Gardening Poem About Summer

It could just be that Summer is a coveted time of year for those of us who live in lands of four seasons, but I totally relate to today's gardening  
A Habanada Pepper Gone Wrong

A Habanada Pepper Gone Wrong

Some of my favorite stories from GreenPrints are between two partners in the garden, and some grand argument. Why is that? I'm not sure, but it always starts with one  
The Greatest Tomato Fight of All Time

The Greatest Tomato Fight of All Time

Did you know that a festival in Buñol, Spain, called La Tomatina is one big tomato fight, meant entirely for the fun and joy of throwing tomatoes at one another?