Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
San Marzano tomatoes I'm growing San Marzano tomatoes in my garden this season. San Marzano tomatoes are supposed to be the "gold standard" of paste-type tomatoes, with thick walls and very few …
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Once upon a time, I lost my footing near an old gardening book, fell in, and ever since then I have been making my way from one book to another, finding all kinds of nuggets of gardening wit and …
On the fourth Wednesday of the month, we are all invited by Gail of Clay and Limestone to post about wildflowers for Wildflower Wednesday. Gail organized this garden bloggers' meme to help …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are compelled, once again, to post on this blog. We seem to be so compelled always at the end of a weekend. Why is that? Well, we are garden …
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Good morning, class! Good morning, Professor Hortledore. Well, class, don't you all look spiffy and shiny and ready to learn. Today in gardening class we are going to discuss "what elements …
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If you wonder why I buy and read old gardening books, I hope this passage from The Spirit of the Garden by Martha Brookes Hutcheson (1923) explains it. "Above all, let us have a sense of seclusion in …
