Ladybugs eat beans?

Enjoy today’s gardening stories from the heart. [GreenPrints Daily](  June 22, 2023 Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends.  Today’s Featured ArtPrint [ArtPrint] “The difficult part was over, my wife said. Now all we had to do was water and weed a few hours every day, and relentlessly kill every insect on earth.” —Jeff Taylor  [Gardening Mishaps]( [Learn About the Science of Gardening!]( With the Gardening Science Collection, you learn fun ways to explore biology, geology, chemistry, and even how music can affect your plants—all with the top GreenPrints science stories, for your reading enjoyment! [Learn More …](  Today’s Daily Story [A Ladybug Story With a Twist]( [Daily Story]  One interesting ladybug story I encountered was in a science magazine. This was a while back, so I don't recall all the details, but that was when I first learned that the ladybug is actually poisonous. They secrete a toxin that is harmful to birds, lizards, and other predators. And, of course, they are deadly to aphids and other garden pests. [Read More...](  [2023 Spring Planning Calendar Kit]( [Give a Gift - Get the 2023 Summer Garden Planning Calendar Kit!]( Give a gift that really matters—a year of GreenPrints to someone you love! Plus, get the FREE GreenPrints 2023 Summer Garden Planning Calendar Kit today! Filled with checklists and tasks for June, July, August & September. [Learn More!](  Today’s Premium Magazine Story | Autumn 2015 [Rhonda's Garden]( [Premium Magazine]  The tenth November in my kitchen garden found me cleaning it up just like I had the nine before. Saving the few green tomatoes that still hung from the now-blighted vines. Picking the last chilies that dangled like colored lanterns among the debris. Raking up the coin-shaped leaves of the neighboring pear tree. [Read More...](  [back issue bundle]( [Check Out Our Back-Issue Sets Now!]( Get your GreenPrints Back-Issue Sets right now! Buy the 2021 4-Issue Bundle—or the 100-Issue Bundle—while issues last! [Learn More …](  Today’s Premium Collection Story | Gardening with Kids [Mrs. Fortin’s Garden]( [Premium Collection]  I grew up in Southern California during the 1950s. My father proudly built our square little bungalow alongside several others in a row on Moorpark Street in Los Angeles. [Read More...](  [Issue 1]( [Get the Very First Issue of GreenPrints Now—a True Collector’s Item!]( GreenPrints Issue #1, published in Spring 1990, is now available for you as a Collector’s Edition. Get nostalgic reading all the original stories in the very first issue of GreenPrints—a valuable addition to your library, or consider gifting a copy to a gardening friend! [Learn More!](  [FREEBIES: Get Them Now!]( [Ornamental Garden Chart]( [Read More …]( [Butterfly Garden Chart]( [Read More …]( [Montly Calendar]( [Read More …](  About GreenPrints Magazine: GreenPrints brings you joy, humor, inspiration, projects, artwork, and advice from our worldwide community of gardening writers, humorists, and illustrators. Our stories, artwork, and kits will touch your heart, lift your spirits, and provide you hours of entertainment about all things gardening. Our interactive projects will help you build your community, beautify your home, and be a more successful gardener and happier human being. More than 250,000 gardening enthusiasts share the joy, laughter, and camaraderie that can only be found with GreenPrints. You are receiving this email as part of your free subscription to email updates from GreenPrints Magazine. If you no longer wish to receive this update as part of your free subscription, please click the unsubscribe link below. [MANAGE PREFERENCES]( [Unsubscribe]( Help us be sure your email update isn't filtered as spam. Adding our return address CustomerCare@GreenPrints.com to your address book may 'whitelist' us with your filter, helping future email updates get to your inbox. [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Send us a message]( Copyright © 2023 Mequoda Systems, LLC GreenPrints Magazine P.O. Box 1537, Attleboro, MA 02703 Email: CustomerCare@GreenPrints.com [Our Privacy Policy]( Having trouble viewing this email? [View online](.