Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Greetings to all members of the Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Old-Time Gardening Wisdom, Lore, and Superstition (SPPOTGWLS or “the Society”)Following are the minutes of our last …
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If the seed companies follow their usual schedules for mailing out seed catalogs, I should receive the first seed catalog in my mailbox in about nine weeks. I know this little tidbit of information …
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This old gardener learned some new seed tricks this spring!(Yes, I can call myself “this old gardener” since I was inducted officially into SGAFO – Society of Gardeners Age Fifty and Over – earlier …
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Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere,I’ll start right off with a picture of today’s harvest, picked just a few hours ago.My trug contains bell peppers, banana peppers, Hungarian hot …
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Hortense Hoelove answers more questions from gardeners and the plant-lorn.Dearest Ms. Hoelove,I'm in love with Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire' and everyone tells me we are not compatible because I …
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Here’s the before picture of a little corner planting…And here’s the after picture…And here’s the tool I used to clean up that little bed and add a nice edge in a matter of a few minutes.This is the …
