Bill and I were lucky enough to travel to the Philadelphia Flower Show in Pennsylvania this month. If you have never been, it is definitely a sight to see! The displays are breathtaking and the information you can learn is amazing. I never knew how many volunteers it takes to run a show like this
Yesterday we shared with you the release of the Spring 2023 edition of GreenPrints. Today we want to thank all of our amazing sponsorship partners who help make this publication possible. Over the years we have found partners that really resonate with our subscribers and offer great quality and appealing products. We’ve even had subscribers
Spring is a time of hope. Of new growth. Of renewal, as plants and animals reemerge after a long winter’s nap.
It’s a joy to be witness to the circle of life, even in the small things in the garden—sometimes especially when it’s the small things in the garden.
Here at GreenPrints, we’re all about celebrating gardening—with
March is a great time of transition as we look forward to longer days (does that mean more time for sewing and quilting projects?). Whether you favor bright and bold colors or prefer pastels, we have a wonderful collection of colorful projects for you, the youngest in your circle, and even a little something for
Welcome to an exciting new edition of Food Gardening Magazine, the dirt issue! Spring officially begins this month, and we couldn’t be happier. Some of our seeds are started indoors and will be ready to move outside soon, where the soil will be of utmost importance, and since spring is the perfect time for amending
February has been a busy month over here at Mequoda Publishing Network. We have enjoyed connecting with many of the people that we met at MANTS and learning even more about their products.
One of the products that we are excited to share with you is Garden Your Way. They have wonderful handpicked products for
What is better on a weekend morning in spring than to make brunch? You can open the windows wide and let the warm breeze of daybreak invigorate your home. Finches, cardinals, and wrens sing their sweet songs as the sun turns the sky orange, then pink, then clear blue. It’s the perfect accompaniment to onions
We Like Sewing—a site just over a year old, serving sewing and quilting enthusiasts—tops 275,000 active email names, largely built with an aggressive Email Exchange program.
“You don’t have to rent or buy email lists any more. Email exchanges with aligned partners help you grow your audience quickly, easily, and cheaply.”
In just over a year since
The joy of growing a kitchen garden in your yard is imagining the delicious recipes and meals you’ll create using your home-grown herbs and vegetables. Do you know what gets in the way of that joy? Bugs. Gross, invasive, plant-eating, vegetable-killing bugs!
At Food Gardening Network we’ve learned over the years, that co-planting is a
When you read the special GreenPrints Collection Healing Gardens: Engaging stories to boost, heal & soothe your soul today, you get soothing stories that will pull at your heart strings!
The special GreenPrints Collection Healing Gardens: Engaging stories to boost, heal & soothe your soul is filled with some of the most personal and emotional stories!
Writer
February may be the shortest month, but sometimes it feels like winter will never end. But this is no time to be glum: each day’s a little longer now, and we’re headed toward spring. What better reason to thread your machine and make a classic addition to your wardrobe or work on a new quilt
Bill Dugan, our editor and publisher, and I were lucky enough to attend MANTS in Baltimore, MD earlier this month. What a great time we had! If you are in the gardening industry and have never been, you should go. The sheer volume of great products and companies represented is just awe inspiring.
Our days
Welcome to an exciting new edition of Food Gardening Magazine! This, friends, is the time gardeners dream of! I imagine that might sound strange, given that it’s February and many of us in four-season climates are still looking at temperatures well below freezing. So, why the excitement?
Spring is on the way. The sun is
A Freedom Garden by any other name would be just as productive, but it’s the intent behind the growing that makes a Freedom Garden special. If you enjoy growing your own food at home, you can make your garden that much more special by planting a little extra to share with friends and neighbors.
Here at
When you read the special GreenPrints Collection Animals in the Garden: Funny stories to entertain & amuse you today, you get entertaining stories that are guaranteed to tickle your funny bone!
Laughing, it turns out, is good for our health—studies show that regular laughter has real long-term health benefits:
Boost your immune system: Laughing is a positive
“The days of renting or buying email lists are over. Email exchanges with aligned partners is the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to grow your audience.”
In less than two years since its launch in January 2021, Food Gardening Network now reaches more than 300,000 unique active subscribers with daily email newsletters. While compelling content is
It’s that time of year when things are still cool enough that we need to layer up, but we can hear spring calling not too far away. This is a great time to create a few new pieces for your wardrobe — including accessories!
Our February I Like Crochet issue takes granny squares to new levels
Gardening romance? Is there really such a thing? Sure there is—and thank God!
When you read the special GreenPrints Collection Gardening Romance: Stories of love, hope & laughter today, you get tender and engaging stories that are guaranteed to touch your heart!
When I first read all these stunning stories, I gravitated to the “Lost and Found”
The darker days of winter are slowly receding behind us, and many of us are looking forward to the warmer days of spring and summer. While there’s something to enjoy in every season, we’re not quite ready to put away our cozy hats and sweaters — but we’re definitely planning ahead!
Let’s take a peek inside
The time has come. We’ve harvested the last of our outdoor winter greens and the only thing in the ground is the garlic that won’t be up until late spring or so. We haven’t seen a lot of snow yet, but that can change any day now. All of this probably has you wondering what
You could say a new year is just a matter of turning over a page on the calendar. But here at Mequoda Systems we think that’s a lot more exciting when turning that page means a whole batch of fresh, healthy recipes! Who among us doesn’t want a good reason to expand our culinary horizons,
We Like Sewing has released their December 2022 issue helping you to bring the bright beauty of the moon down to earth, ring in the holidays with cheerful decorations, and lounge in style with their new collection of fabulous patterns.
Darkness comes early in December, so we always try to add a little more light
Mequoda Publishing Network, publisher of GreenPrints Magazine, has released their Winter 2022-23 issue featuring delightful, heartwarming gardening stories, poetry, quotations, and original art.
The Winter issue of GreenPrints Magazine features 15 down-to-earth essays by contributing authors from all over the country. The stories range from heartwarming to heartbreaking, and they all share a special insight into
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their December 2022 issue, highlighting garden-to-table holiday ideas, including an eight-course menu and 21 gift ideas from the garden.
The December issue of Food Gardening Magazine features four videos and feature articles that offer gardeners tips for winter gardening activities, as well as ideas for gifts
Food Gardening Network and GreenPrints Magazine are celebrating all things gardening with custom-designed, home printable 2023 wall calendar kits.
The kits are available on the GreenPrints website for $20. Site visitors can buy a kit, or they can get the 2023 wall calendar kit as a free gift when they purchase a gift subscription to Food
GreenPrints transforms from a print-only magazine to a vibrant multiplatform system with expanded content and continued focus on quality and subscriber engagement.
GreenPrints, owned and operated by Mequoda Systems LLC, has relaunched its brand with a new multiplatform publishing system that further engages subscribers and offers a wider variety of content.
“What has been an engaging and
Food Gardening Network and GreenPrints Magazine get into the holiday spirit with original digital DIY greeting card kits.
Food Gardening Network and GreenPrints Magazine are getting into the holiday spirit with the release of two user-friendly DIY greeting card kits.
The kits are available on the GreenPrints website for $20. Site visitors can buy a kit, or
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their November 2022 issue, which reveals how gardeners can store root crops for the winter, as well as the tasks they can do now to prep their garden for spring, including seed saving.
The November issue of Food Gardening Magazine features four videos and feature articles
Please check out our newly relaunched website, to see all the details about what Mequoda Publishing Network has been doing lately. And please notice our new tag line: “Ideas, Inspiration & Advice for Better Living”—a reflection of our new positioning as a lifestyle, enthusiast, and personal-improvement publisher ourselves.
Yes, we’re still a service provider to our
RecipeLion Magazine has released their November/December 2022 issue highlighting 40 holiday sweets including pies, baked goods, cookies, and candies.
This issue of RecipeLion Magazine brings together 40 favorite holiday dessert recipes. From a classic candy popular in the early 1900s to an easy Peanut Butter Fudge recipe to a truly decadent selection of pies, there’s
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their October 2022 issue highlighting five vegetables to plant in October, plus how gardeners can extend their season with a cold frame or hoop house.
The October issue of Food Gardening Magazine features four videos and articles that offer gardeners tips on extending their growing season
Food Gardening Network has released their September/October 2022 issue of RecipeLion Magazine, which includes 36 European-inspired recipes from six countries.
These recipes take advantage of fresh vegetables, herbs, spices, and meats to give readers a sampling of traditional and modern recipes from Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Germany, and England.
Editor and Publisher Kim Mateus points out
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their September 2022 issue, giving readers a closer look at the traditional companion planting trio of corn, beans, and squash.
With four feature videos and articles, the September issue of Food Gardening Magazine reviews the vegetables gardeners can plant in September, and how to harvest
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their August 2022 issue, exploring options for gardeners about what to plant this fall.
With four feature videos and articles, the August issue of Food Gardening Magazine helps readers plan for fall plantings, make creative summer cocktails with fresh garden ingredients, execute summer garden chores
Food Gardening Network has released their July/August 2022 issue of RecipeLion Magazine, which includes 36 barbecue favorites, including flame-grilled meats and veggies, grilled and chilled sweets, and sippable summer sweets.
Recipes take advantage of seasonal produce with combinations such as the Grilled Chicken Caprese Sandwich and the Grilled Summer Squash and Red Onion with Feta.
Editor
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their July 2022 issue, exploring how grow bags make an excellent way to garden for people who may not have the space for an in-ground or raised bed garden.
With four feature videos and articles, the July issue of Food Gardening Magazine helps readers understand
Food Gardening Network, the publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their June 2022 issue, exploring the many benefits of raised bed and container gardening and helping readers determine the best way to start their own raised vegetable gardens.
With four feature videos and articles, the June issue of Food Gardening Magazine helps readers plan a
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their May 2022 issue, highlighting 10 herbs and seeds to plant this month.
Featuring four videos and articles, the May issue of Food Gardening Magazine helps readers determine what to plant in the ground this month, as well as five ways to prevent weeds and how
Food Gardening Network has released their May/June 2022 issue of RecipeLion Magazine, which includes 43 sweet and savory salad and dressing recipes that celebrate the bounty of spring fruits and vegetables.
Recipes include classics like the Waldorf salad and Caesar salad, as well as unique combinations like Basil-Watermelon salad or Roasted Beet, Peach, and Goat Cheese
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their April 2022 issue, highlighting different types of pruning shears, 10 DIY garden tools, plus five fruits and vegetables to plant this month.
Featuring four videos and articles, the April issue of Food Gardening Magazine helps readers determine which type of pruning shears are right for
Food Gardening Network’s RecipeLion Magazine has released their March/April 2022 issue, which includes over 40 breakfast and brunch recipes featuring classic dishes, regional specialties, and healthy fruit juices and smoothies.
The recipes also include a variety of cooking tips, serving suggestions, short histories of some of the dishes, and variations so home cooks can customize the
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their March 2022 issue, featuring six vegetables gardeners can plant this month. Plus, they share garden design and care tips for new and experienced gardeners.
Featuring four how-to videos and companion articles, the March issue of Food Gardening Magazine reveals the six vegetables to plant this
Well, it’s been a great run from our early days of digital publishing—but now is the time for Mequoda to change.
Yes, we’re still a service provider to our existing clients and partners. And we’re fully committed to all of them. But, we’re no longer prospecting for new clients to build publishing website systems—rather, our business
Food Gardening Network, publisher of Food Gardening Magazine, has released their February 2022 issue, featuring their first issue dedicated to hydroponic gardening, including reviews of popular systems like Aerogarden, Gardyn, Hamama, and more. Plus, they share how to grow new food from scraps using just water.
Featuring three new videos revealing the best hydroponic methods, systems,
My parents often told me that patience was a virtue. I suspect this was tied to the fact that as a child, I was not very patient. As an adult, I’ve come to rely on a subscription marketing program that requires patience.
This two-step subscription marketing program I’m about to dive into rewards any publisher who
In previous weeks, we’ve talked about how using the MBTI can impact the development of your multiplatform publishing team. We’ve also discussed how different personality types can work better together in the workplace.
We’ve established that every effective multiplatform publishing company should have eight executive positions. If you’re a small niche publishing company with revenues
Advertorial, native ad, sponsored content, custom content—tomato, tomahhhto—it’s all a similar scenario: a publisher creates and/or publishes content paid for by a sponsor. Regardless of how we refer to it, we’ve been doing it since publishers started selling ads on paper, and better advertorial design has come into vogue over the past few years now
One of the biggest moving targets in Mequoda best practices is the metered paywall.
The biggest question we get is, how much free content is enough? And you have to be careful when you’re a special interest publisher comparing your own paywall model to the New York Times or the Financial Times who have historically given
When an article publishes on your website, how do you go about promoting it in social media?
When I pose this question to a room full of magazine editors from different publications, their answer is typically that they wait for the post to be published and then they promote it. If they’re super savvy, they might
A funny thing happened on the way to today’s post. While doing keyword research to discover what you, our audience, call the top of your website, we found some disagreement. Various posts at other websites, from Wikipedia to a variety of design blogs, use different terminology to describe the top of the website. Website header
