Your December Issue is Ready: ‘Weed or Flower?’ Story Now!

Check out this magazine issue right now! [GreenPrints]( December 9, 2023   [GET the December 2023 issue of GreenPrints Magazine with the ‘weed or flower?’ story now!]( Your GreenPrints Magazine December 2023 issue is ready for you to access and read right now. When you read this printable issue, you get joy, laughter, and inspiration. Start reading—and listening to—stories in this issue now. Dear Gardener, Your December 2023 issue of GreenPrints Magazine is ready for you to access, print, and read. GreenPrints Magazine now includes some stories in the current issue that are also read aloud by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. What a treat! In addition to reading these stories for yourself, you can listen to the audio recordings while working in the garden, while driving in your car, or on-the-go anywhere. [Sunflower Kit]( Plus, great news about this December 2023 issue of GreenPrints: this special issue is a “best of” that includes stories from 2014-2022, selected and curated by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone. When you read this special issue, you’ll feel Pat’s joy and excitement in selecting and sharing these 16 “best of” gems with you! Please check out this special issue with this story, entitled “Weed or Flower?”—you’ll connect with this story if you’ve ever wondered whether certain plants growing in your garden are really weeds. And get the author’s three simple rules for distinguishing weed from flower. Plus, this story has been recorded for you by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. Read and listen!  [Weed or Flower? (with audio)]( Good guy or bad? How to tell the difference. By Kathy Chapman  Read by Pat and Becky Stone [IMAGE](  As a volunteer master gardener for our local Cooperative Ex­tension Service, I’m often asked, “Is this plant a weed or a flower?” Of course, the horticulturally correct answer is, “A weed is just the right plant in the wrong place.” After all, one gardener’s succulent, peppery salad green is another gardener’s rampant, invasive, strangulation machine—even though both gardeners are referring to purslane. But let’s face it. The reason for asking if it’s a weed or a flower is simple: Do I want to invest my precious space, compost, and gardening time on this unknown visitor? And if I do, will it reward me with tender blossoms that caress the Summer breeze? Or will it laugh mania­cally as it swallows petunias and small pets? Good questions. So I’ve developed three simple rules to tell flower friend from garden foe. [IMAGE](  [Read More...]( Illustration by Dena Seiferling  What a helpful and funny story! You must read the rest of it. And the [GreenPrints Magazine December 2023 issue]( has other stories for you—more content to touch your soul, lift your spirits, and make you laugh! All “best of” gems, specially selected by founder Pat Stone from our rich library of back issues. Including this featured story—“Weed or Flower?"—you get all 16 stories in this [GreenPrints Magazine December 2023 issue]( - INCLUDES AUDIO: “Hairy Boggart: A (new) British folktale.”—read about a woman who outsmarts a unique garden creature, a hairy boggart. It’s an entertaining and fun story. Plus—this story has also been recorded for you by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. Read and listen! - INCLUDES AUDIO: “Weed or Flower?: Good guy or bad? How to tell the difference.”—read these three simple rules for identifying flower friend from garden foe. Helpful tips for tending the garden you want. Plus—this story has also been recorded for you by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. Read and listen! - “Nature Heals: Getting our senses put in order.”—read this account of a woman and her friends enjoying time in nature. You’ll really feel the soothing and healing qualities of being in a garden when you read this! - “Dad’s White Rose: Our family’s favorite story.”—read about a father’s devotion to a particular climbing rose that moved with his military family, all around the country over the years. Heartwarming! - “Flower Fairies: Every good garden needs them.”—read one woman’s story of her times visiting her English grandmother, who was an avid gardener, in Detroit. When she helped “improve” Nana’s garden, anxiety evolved into delight. Check this out! - “Lost and Found: You never know what will crop up—or disappear—in a garden.”—get this account of a woman and her sister taking up gardening and all about what they find when they start digging … and what treasured item gets lost in the dirt. What a nice and happy ending, though! - “Recipe for Peach Pie in the Desert: First, find an open spot on the ground …”—read this funny story about the step-by-step approach one woman takes to preparing her garden to plant a peach tree (lots of heavy-duty hard work!). And how she rewards herself in the end. - “Another Spring Day: To watch baseball? Or start my seeds?”—read about one man’s agony deciding whether to enjoy a Spring baseball game or to get home and start his seeds. Live in the moment with him at the game with the sights and sounds at the baseball diamond. See how it ends! - “My Row of 2,000: Far, far better than manicured nails.”—read about a woman’s challenge getting tomato plants in the ground … and how the garden work did a number on her fingernails ahead of attending a wedding, the gardener’s manicure! - “Shot Glass Full of Flowers: My last days with Dad.”—read a very touching story about a woman’s loss and how her colorful wildflowers are a regular reminder of her special dad. Just wonderful! - “The Asparagus Dream: Want homegrown asparagus four years from now?”—get this woman’s practical guide, year by year, to getting a bountiful asparagus harvest. A lot can happen in the time it takes to turn an asparagus dream into a reality! - “Beginner’s Guide to Gardening: That I can give you. A guide to romance …?”—read a woman’s story about flirting with a nursery worker to fulfill her gardening and romantic urges. Cute and sweet! - “The Summer the Animals Came Close: Our garden became their oasis.”—read about a woman and her husband hosting all sorts of animals near their home in Oregon. But, one hot Summer brought out more animals and even closer to the garden and house! This story is simply enchanting! - “Fall: That’s the easy part.”—read one woman’s challenges with evening gardening (she had a daytime job) and physical limitations to getting everything done. And then she takes a fall in the garden! Read this to find out what happened next! - “The March of the Tree Frogs: A most remarkable show.”—read about a woman and her husband observing the movements of frogs from their deck pots to a nearby tree … until landscapers disrupted the frogs’ safe path. Read how this woman and her husband helped the frogs with a new path for their journey. Enlightening and serene! - “Forget Me Not: A flower and a plea.”—read about how one woman first became enamored with flowers as a child. 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