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You won’t want to miss any of these heartwarming stories. [GreenPrints Weekly](  September 24, 2023 Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends. [Ornamental Freebie]( [FREE for You Now: Printable Ornamental Garden Companion Planting Chart!]( Get this FREEBIE now: - Find out which plants grow well together in the garden. - Enjoy the charmingly illustrated, full-color printable chart. - Discover which flowers you can grow based on the type of soil and amount of sun your garden gets. [Learn More …](  [The Life and Times of Growing Boysenberries]( [Daily Story] Are you growing boysenberries? When I was young, we had oodles of berries growing (thanks, birds!), though we never grew boysenberry. My mother taught me never to grow raspberries or blackberries in my yard, or they’d take over the whole thing, so I’d never even considered boysenberry until I read today’s sweet story, “Birds and Boysenberries,” by Marvella Peterman. [Read More...]( [Gardening Mishaps]( [Discover the Real Joy of Gardening!]( With the Joy of Gardening Collection, you get gardening stories that will warm your heart and bring you great joy—read these unique and entertaining gardening stories from GreenPrints now! [Learn More …]( [The Benefits of Gardening for Mental Health]( [Daily Story] Gosh, the benefits of gardening for mental health are endless. If gardens were a drug, pharmaceutical companies would be fighting to sell it. [Read More...]( [September 2023]( [The GreenPrints September 2023 Issue is Ready for You to Read (and Listen to)!]( GreenPrints is better, bigger, and greener than ever. Now monthly and printable, issues include stories in audio format, too, narrated by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. This month, read about (and listen to) “A Heartwarming Harvest” and “The Green Wars.” Plus, an original, personal, family gardening story from Pat Stone himself. And more! [Learn More …]( [The Secret Garden Was Real!]( [Daily Story] My daughter, at the ripe age of almost 5, has just started getting into longer chapter stories before bed, and when we were at the bookstore a few weeks ago, she picked out “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I adored that book, and then the movie, as a kid, so I was so excited that we bought both the paperback and the hardcover, which had pictures. [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 …]( [Digging Up Gardening Humor in Manure]( [Daily Story] Cow dung, also known as cow pies or cow manure, is the holy grail ingredient on the farm where the biggest gardens are grown. It’s also packed and shipped off to garden supply stores everywhere to help out the little gardens, too. I’ve never been too romantic about it, mostly I just look forward to washing my hands after transporting bags of it. I am armed with gardening humor about it, though. [Read More...]( [Tote Bag]( [$5 Warehouse Clearance Sale!]( Get our best books, notecards, and CDs at a price too good to pass up. Offer valid while supplies last. [Only $5 Now!]( [Radish Gardening with Kids]( [Daily Story] I picked today’s piece, “Radishes,” for everyone who has ever had a little garden helper or has tried gardening with kids. For me, it’s my daughter, who has been my cherry tomato picker since she was able to walk. She could slice soft veggies with a butter knife at the age of two! Whenever I’m putting in my orders from the seed catalogs in January, I keep her in mind, just like today’s author, Dave Reinitz. 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