On the eve of Zera Green’s fifteenth birthday, she’s finding little to celebrate. Her guardian, Uncle Theodore (whom she’s nicknamed “the Toad”), and his frilly girlfriend, Tiffany, are dragging her to the opening of a fast-food restaurant. There they’ll celebrate The Toad’s latest GMO creation—“beefy fries”—fries made from a combination of cow and potato. (They are said to be delicious, but the potatoes bleed a little when they're sliced.) As if that weren’t bad enough, Zera’s in trouble at school for mysterious events in biology class that she neither caused nor understands—and her classmates think she is a freak. The single light in her dark birthday is a gift from her grandmother; a gift that awakens Zera’s passion for plants and helps bring to light her family’s mystical connection to the natural world. As Zera uncovers her heritage a battle begins—between those who would violate nature in the name of greed and those who would protect it. Zera finds herself in the center of this battle and facing an uncertain destiny, a destiny that will change the world.

Zera and the Green Man

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Knauf, Sandra

Fantasy

Greenwoman Publishing, LLC

Greenwoman Magazine celebrates garden writing in all its forms: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, commentary, biography, art, and comics! Daring and fun, Greenwoman is for the hip gardener who loves digging into the world of art and environmental thought that underlies gardening. Volume One features: “Organicize Me”—the humorous nonfiction account of one man challenging himself to eat 100% organic for one month. “Gone Native”—a woman mulls over stealing native plants from parks—it’s wrong, isn't it? “Hello, Doobie Tuesday”—on a visit to a Boulder, Colorado medical marijuana clinic. “The Chicken Chronicles”—a woman raising exotic breed bantam chickens in the city with her two young daughters finds that raising poultry can give you something to crow about. “A Human Birth”—The fictional tale about a woman and her penchant for finding relief only in the cool, dark soil. Poetry, including: “How to Eat a Mango,” “At the Cancun Summit,” Men at Work,” and “The Scoville Heat Index of You.” An interview on gardening, life, and creativity with award-winning novelist Carleen Brice—author of Orange Mint and Honey. A biography on famed Indian plant guru Jagadis Chandra Bose. Our columns: “Sex in the Garden;” “Slow Ride” (on sustainable living), and “The Creature Feature.” Art—Comics—Book Reviews—and more!

Greenwoman Volume 1: Germination

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Spagna, Ana Maria

Wright, Carolyne

Murphy, Dan

Stusser, Michael A.

Thomas, Stephen C

Kinsey, Elisabeth

Syrovy, Eva

Gulya, Pat Cook

McDorman, Bill

Gardening & Landscape Design

Greenwoman Magazine celebrates garden writing in all its forms: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, commentary, biography, art, and comics! Daring and fun, Greenwoman is for the hip gardener who loves digging into the world of art and environmental thought that underlies gardening. Volume 2 features: "George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability"—an amazingly wrought mini-biography of an American hero—the man who was so (so) much more than just "the peanut guy." "The Garden Club," the humorous tale of a typical non-gardener and his garden-mad neighbor (who happens to be nine years old).” “Naked Tomatoes”—Alissa Johnson’s delicately-told tale of the changing landscape of love. “Rare Breed”—Former New York Times food columnist Molly O’Neill’s portrait of a former “Marlboro Man” model who saves heritage breed turkeys in Kansas. “Winter’s Heart”—“Sex in the Garden” columnist Elisabeth Kinsey explores the eroticism and cultivation of roses. PLUS: “The Honey Challenge,” “Slow Ride,” “The Creature Feature,” art, comics . . . and MORE.

Greenwoman Volume 2: George W. Carver

Hayna, Lois Beebe

Martin, Leslie

Colburn, Cheri

Johnson, Alissa

Intemann, Robin

Lindemann, Kathleen

Greenwoman Magazine celebrates garden writing in all its forms: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, commentary, biography, art, and comics! Daring and fun, Greenwoman is for the hip gardener who loves digging into the world of art and environmental thought that underlies gardening. Volume 3 features: "Mr. Stripey"—The hilarious (and edgy) story of a marriage battle—over a tomato plant. “No Compost, No Digestion”—a chapter excerpt from Joel Salatin's amazing new book Folks, This Ain’t Normal. “Blackberry Bramble”—An erotically-charged blackberry poem . . . yum. “Never Surrender!”—The tale of a Colorado Plain’s man who wants to save his true love’s garden. “Almost Too Happy”—one woman’s reflection on how her imperfect and sometimes out-of-control life is very much like her garden. “Victory Gardens of Today”—a historic piece by LaManda Joy on America’s Second World War Victory Gardens and the valuable lessons they can teach us now. We also have a heart-to-heart interview with Jane Gates (landscape designer/writer/artist); another naughty ("Sex in the Garden") column by Elisabeth Kinsey, who muses on the profoundly fecund subject of dirt; Dan Murphy's “Slow Ride;” DB Rudin's "The Creature Feature;” art, comics . . . and MORE.

Greenwoman Volume 3: The Victory of Dirt

Martel, Simone

Joy, LaManda

Andreoni, Michael

Conklin, Cheryl

Knechtel, Jane

Kennelly, Pat

Kulpa, Kathryn

Greenwoman Magazine celebrates garden writing in all its forms: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, commentary, biography, art, and comics! Daring and fun, Greenwoman is for the hip gardener who loves digging into the world of art and environmental thought that underlies gardening. Volume 4 features: "A Generous Season"—A man gives homage to his wife's vegetable-growing talents. "Diary of a Garden Goddess"—a first-trowel account of the ups and downs in gardening for the very wealthy, by a part-time gardener/full-time mom. "Amy's Other Art: An Interview with (New York Times Bestseller Author) Amy Stewart—on her love of painting. "Fire on the Mountain"—a chapter from the book Take to the Hills—in which a woman homesteader in the Ozarks has to fight a wild fire in order to save the family farm. "Lady in Waiting"—a woman from the 1920s discovers horticulture (with a magical twist) as a way out of her unsatisfying life. "En Route" and "Chamomile Tea"—Two poems about the not-so-secret lives of bees; "Perfect Eggs"—An ode to the sexual nature and gifts of chickens; "Grow"—a poem on just that; "Winter Garden"—a poem on the broody wonder of winter; And: another naughty ("Sex in the Garden") column by Elisabeth Kinsey, who takes on tuber and bulb love; Dan Murphy's “Slow Ride;” DB Rudin's "The Creature Feature;” art, comics . . . and MORE.

Greenwoman Volume 4: Garden Goddesses

Woods, Sylvia

Lyon, Marguerite

Williams-Noren, Carolyn

Greenwoman Magazine celebrates garden writing in all its forms: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, commentary, biography, art, and comics! Daring and fun, Greenwoman is for the hip gardener who loves digging into the world of art and environmental thought that underlies gardening. Volume 5 features: "The Whole Ruth"—a biography of organic gardening guru Ruth Stout's life, from her Victorian-era childhood, through her two decades in NYC, to her realization of her intense (and sometimes nude) gardening love. "Apples are Ruling My Life"—a new hobby orchardist finds more (much more) than she bargained for. "A Life of the Mind"—Bruce Holland Rogers' short tale of a man's difficulties with ex-spouse and life in general and the way he finds relief. "The Pot of Basil"—an ancient Italian tale of treachery and eternal love with an herbal twist. "Tomato Love" and "Dearest Mary"—two sexy poems about love and gardening and other deliciousness. "A New (Garden Writing Sensation): Greenwoman Magazine Interviews Amanda Thomsen. Amanda talks about her first book and her interesting trajectory into garden writing publishing. "(Mons) Venus in the Garden"—Sex in the Garden columnist Elisabeth Kinsey explores the feminine aspect of shrubbery, a different kind, if you will, of "bush." Also: Dan Murphy's “Slow Ride;” DB Rudin's "The Creature Feature;” art, comics . . . and MORE.

Greenwoman Volume 5: Ruth Stout

Schultz, Rob

Holland Rogers, Bruce

Rudin, DB

Ciletti, James A.

Rosenzweig, Sharon

Greenwoman Magazine celebrates garden writing in all its forms: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, commentary, biography, art, and comics! Daring and fun, Greenwoman is for the hip gardener who loves digging into the world of art and environmental thought that underlies gardening. Volume 6 features: "Gardening with the Moon"—the history and the lore, and how to garden even more successfully when you're in harmony with the celestial. "A Jeffersonian Agrarian Intellectual: Greenwoman Magazine interviews Joel Salatin, and America's favorite farmer/writer/publisher illuminates his passion for the written word. "Little Cabbage"—A woman in her last days thinks back to the love of her life and their earthy romance. "Coping Strategies"—pushed to the brink by all the bad news in the world, Leslie thinks up original ways to cope. "Heirlooms &amp; Hothouses"—Lauri Griffin extols the virtues of both and shows how we can learn from our rich gardening past. "Chopping Firewood" and "Uncle Joe's Onions"—two poems celebrating the male connection to Nature. "Love &amp; Roses"—a young, stressed-out wife discovers the perfect metaphor for her marriage, thorns and all. "Garden Party"—a poem that shows what the garden knows. And . . . another intriguing ("Sex in the Garden") column by Elisabeth Kinsey, who muses on the cactus/phallus connection; Dan Murphy's “Slow Ride;” DB Rudin's "The Creature Feature;” art, comics . . . and MORE.

Greenwoman Volume 6: Moon Gardening

Hall, Kathryn

Griffin, Lauri

Drake, Meredith

Retail Price $15.95 Welcome to our garden of naughty delights! Within these pages you'll discover: - Virile gods and their mortal conquests. - A community garden’s secret (and very dirty) fertility ritual. - An Edwardian dominatrix living out her sadistic garden fantasies. - Student/teacher lessons in horticultural hotness. - Young lovers seeking the help of green witches. - A beautiful, blind priest who helps an injured traveler. . . . and so much more. Peek inside the garden gate. (You know you want to.) A dozen racy tales await. Fifty Shades of Green is a collection of twelve delicious and erotic short stories with gardening themes. What you'll find in these pages is hotter than the hottest pepper on the Scoville index of heat! And smart, not smutty. Well . . . maybe a little smutty. **This book is for adults only!**

Fifty Shades of Green

Literature & Fiction

Rebekah

Bracken, Michael

Ashbless, Janine

Trachsel, Becky

S., R. R.

Peters, Andrew

Nano, Slave

Brett, Evey

Erotica

Few men present as magnificent a subject for American biography as George Washington Carver of Tuskegee. His genius, patient and pure, ranks him with the great men of the 20th century, men who recognized his kinship with them and admitted him to their distinguished circle and gave him their friendship: Edison, Ford, Wallace. George Washington Carver’s profound knowledge of botany, agriculture, and soil economy enabled him to devise ways of helping the economically submerged post-Civil War South to better ways of living. This book automatically takes its place among the major books of all time--a great American biography. Modest and unassuming, almost to the point of self-effacement, George Washington Carver was not content with mere scientific discovery for its own sake; he was passionately convinced that the results of research must be brought directly into the lives of the people. To this end he traveled through the South in the Jesup wagon, which was filled not alone with scientific exhibits of all kinds and with examples of aids to further better farming, but also with books. These excursions into the remote districts thus brought not only practical aids to a better life, but almost the first touch of culture the people had ever received. Dr. Carver’s positive contributions to science are legion and embrace many diverse fields of research. He developed over three hundred products from the peanut and provided the South with an escape from her one-crop economy. During World War I he demonstrated to the Government that a sufficient and varied diet, balanced in proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, could be made up from the sweet potato and peanut alone. In the course of his lifetime he was honored by learned societies and scientific and humanitarian bodies throughout the world. His first formal recognition came from the Royal Society of England when it elected him to a fellowship in 1916. In 1923 he was awarded the Springarn Medal for distinguished service in agricultural chemistry; in 1939 he received the Roosevelt Medal for distinguished service in the field of science. Born in slavery, George Washington Carver was not only one of America’s most visionary scientists, but a splendid human being whose life was spent in the service of his fellow men. His story is an epic of modern America. * * * Margaret Von Vechten Holt, writing as Rackham Holt, published this groundbreaking work in 1943. Reprinted by Greenwoman Publishing.

George Washington Carver: An American Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Holt, Rackham

Community & Culture

North Street Book Prize Finalist "If you've ever dreamed of heading to the country and learning from scratch how to start a small farm, to get closer to nature and feel more whole. . . this is a wonderful feel-good collection." —C. Hope Clark, author of the Edisto Island mysteries &amp; the Carolina Slade mysteries "Sandra Knauf has written a funny and smart book full of stories about creating a fabulous green space in the middle of a city, raising two daughters and giving them a valuable chance to connect with nature." —Simone Martel, author of Exile's Garden "Reading Knauf's profound memoir I was as enraptured as one of her hypnotized rabbits. Even readers with black thumbs will find much to enjoy in this story of a family that never runs out of love—no matter how many people, chickens, fish, rabbits, and dogs join in . . ."—Jessy Randall, author of Injecting Dreams Into Cowsand A Day in Boyland Please Don't Piss on the Petunias is a collection of essays and stories by a Colorado gardener with a dream: to give her two daughters the nature-centered childhood she had always longed for. When her husband finds an old house in a quirky part of town, she begins to make her dream a reality. Engaging, edgy, and often hilarious, Please Don’t Piss on the Petunias follows Sandra Knauf as she turns a weed-filled yard into an urban paradise. Over the course of several chaotic years, she: • Muddles through "mistress gardener" training, learning the ABCs of horticulture. • Raises, with her young daughters, exotic breed bantam chickens named after Greek goddesses • Goes on her first bee-swarm capture. • Discovers that a hen in their small flock has undergone a sex change. • Copes with a series of family dogs: a rambunctious rescue Dalmatian, a destructive black Lab puppy, and a counterfeit teacup Chihuahua with a bad attitude. • Adds to the animal menagerie: Netherlands dwarf rabbits, fancy backyard goldfish, triops from the age of the dinosaurs, and more. Through creating a life filled with plants and animals (and plenty of love) Sandra makes a discovery that will resonate with any rebel: Going off the beaten path may be the best way to find out who you really are.

Please Don't Piss on the Petunias: Stories About Raising Kids, Crops & Critters in the City

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

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