Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Do you know how long it takes to shell eight cups of peas? I do! I can tell you from my own experience that it takes about an hour, and that’s …
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"Splayed" is not a term I like to use to describe a plant in my garden. It implies that either that plant has a poor habit of floppy its branches out from the center -or- that I am a lazy …
My strawberry patch is 4’ x 8’ and located down at the eastern end of the vegetable garden. It gets a bit of shade from a nearby Snowball bush (Viburnum opulus ‘Sterile’) but is mostly in full sun all …
I originally posted about the backyard garden beds right after they were first outlined by the garden designer. Those beds have been mulched now and the garden seems much different, even without …
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The landscapers like to call it "hardscape", all those walls, patios, paths and other features that help to define the places in between the gardens and give us places to rest and walk. In my …
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What happens to those gloves, pruners, trowels, loppers, dandelion diggers and other assorted gardening tools that disappear in the garden? One minute you are using a tool and then you set it down, …
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