October has been off to a busy start here at Mequoda Publishing Network and we have some great news! Your October 2023 issue of GreenPrints Magazine is ready to access, print, and read.
GreenPrints has gone completely green and is now digital only! The new-and-improved magazine includes two stories in the current issue that are also read by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. What a treat!
Now you can read these two stories for yourself, or you can listen to the audio recordings while working in the garden, while driving in your car, or on-the-go anywhere.
Please check out the feature story in the current issue, entitled “The War of the Rose”—it’s sure to strike a chord with you when you read about one woman’s battle with a tenacious plant in her yard. Plus, this story has been recorded for you by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. Read and listen!
Including the featured story—“The War of the Rose”—you get all 8 stories in this GreenPrints Magazine October 2023 issue, with these gems:
- INCLUDES AUDIO: “The War of the Rose: Battling for beauty can be tough.”—read one woman’s detailed account of her annual physical battle with an entangled rose plant every Fall, to prune it and ensure a glorious display the next year. Plus—this story has also been recorded for you by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. Read and listen!
- INCLUDES AUDIO: “My Homemade Deer Repellent: And my wife’s homemade Kombucha.”—read about a man who helped a widowed friend create homemade deer repellent with human male urine … his own! … because his friend lost her original urine source, her husband’s, when he died! If it’s not too gross for you to read some of the details, you’ll get more than a few chuckles from the correspondence back and forth between the two about when, where, and how the urine could be collected! Plus—this story has also been recorded for you by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. Read and listen!
- “Down for the Count: It’s OK Garden. Rest. You’ve earned it.”—read this gem, authored by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone, about his own garden’s Fall transformation and the garden’s fruitless battle with Nature’s seasonal onslaught. This story is special! Pat usually is busy editing all the other submitted stories, but he took time to share this story of his own with you!
- “My Personal Groundhog Day: Which is worse, having a woodchuck in your garden—or trying to get it out?”—read about this tenacious woman’s efforts to keep a groundhog out of her garden. It’s engaging. It’s funny. It’s entertaining. It’s frustrating. And it’s real!
- “If You Build It … they will garden.”—read one woman’s account of her uphill battle to create a community garden in a public-housing project. Faced with impossible odds to succeed, her commitment to the task and her bonding with one resident proves her noble cause worthy. Just heartwarming!
- “Feral Marigolds: The last flowers of my mother’s garden.”—read about one man’s mother and her love of marigolds. And how he returned to a family home they once had to discover no structure any more, but the emergence of tiny yellow bursts of sunshine. A touching and inspirational story!
- “Two Small, Small: A phrase that can apply to both peppers—and time.”—read about a man and his wife who take in their son’s new bride, a West African woman who fled political persecution in Cameroon, while their son is on the road as a truck driver. Then, feel the delight of the entire family sharing a garden together—and some spicy meals to boot!
- “Witches, Werewolves, and Tomatoes: How language, history, and gardens intersect.”—get a real history and science lesson in this story … from the linguistic origins of the word tomato to its uses, myths, and mystery in days gone by.
Enjoy the GreenPrints Magazine October 2023 issue today, which also includes delightful full-color artwork; an inspiring October quotation; an engaging poem; and a short-form “Cuttings” story. Also included is the always-enjoyable-and-funny “Broken Trowel” account of someone’s garden mishap (it’s always funnier when it doesn’t happen to you!).
About GreenPrints: As part of Mequoda Publishing Network, GreenPrints brings joy, humor, inspiration, projects, artwork, and advice from our community of gardening writers, humorists, and illustrators to members and subscribers all over the world. Our stories, artwork, and kits touch hearts, lift spirits, and provide hours of entertainment about all things gardening. Our interactive projects help readers build their communities, beautify their homes, and be more successful gardeners and happier human beings. More than 250,000 gardening enthusiasts share the joy, laughter, and camaraderie that can only be found with GreenPrints.
About Mequoda Publishing Network: Mequoda provides actionable ideas, inspiration, and advice for gardeners, cooks, and crafting enthusiasts—with the goal of improving their lives and increasing personal enrichment and enjoyment. We operate five multiplatform consumer brands, including six magazines, 28 email newsletters, and more than 100 digital books. We partner with dozens of sponsors to help them market their products to our audiences. For nearly two decades, Mequoda has explored and expanded the evolving art and science of multiplatform publishing and marketing. With in-depth research, aggressive testing, and cutting-edge strategy, Mequoda has developed a reputation as an industry leader for building and operating multiplatform communities that serve, engage, and delight consumers, sponsors, partners, and affiliates.
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