Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Hortense Hoelove answers questions about flowers for the plant-lorn and other gardeners. Dear Ms. Hoelove, My heart is being broken by a night-blooming cereus! I've been in a long-term relationship …
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Congratulations to Leslie of Growing a Garden in Davis who is the lucky winner of six packets of seed from Botanical Interests! For those who didn't win, "get thee over to Garden Rant", where they …
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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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