GreenPrints 80, Winter 2009-10

CONTENTS

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Winter Strawberries?

Under two feet of snow? The reason for a child’s faith.

Mostoller Wild Goose Beans

Ever grow a seed that was originally found

in the crop of a goose . . . over 100 years ago?

The Great Rose Massacre

Every one of them died. Every one of them lives.

If Trees Could Speak

Would we like what they say?

Return of the Yellowjackets

Mike McGrath makes peace with a pest.

A Seed Catalog Tale

Meet Kale Ripbor, sad suitor of Dancine Butterhead.

Boxes in Baltimore

Help! My housemate's passion for gardening

is starting to rub off on me.

Tending Isabella

Sometimes the garden has to be neglected.

Whose Beans?

How did an American patent a bean

Mexican farmers have been growing for centuries?

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My Big Toe

The perils of winter gardening in the desert.

Growing Pains

Gardening versus children? Not even close.

The Lord’s Acre

We can help. We’re gardeners.

Don’t Mess with Gardeners

Real garden writers brood for a living.

Winter Flowers and Winter Birds

What I learned when I didn’t clean up my garden.

AND MORE!

. . . such as . . .

No poet I’ve ever heard of has written

an ode to a load of manure. Somebody should,

and I’m not trying to be funny.

—Ruth Stout