Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
As Hortocrates once said, "A new year is like a freshly plowed field. Plant it thoughtfully." "Carol..." Yes Dr. Hortfreud? "Who is Hortocrates"? Well, Dr. Hortfreud, Hortocrates is a famous …
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Hello, Carol. Hello, Dr. Hortfreud. Care to talk about this box from Logee's Greenhouse that showed up on your porch yesterday, Carol? Well, that depends, Dr. Hortfreud, if you think it is a …
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Even experienced gardeners have their troubles at times. Out in my vegetable garden, something has eaten all the leaves off the pole beans and edamame. My guess is it is rabbits doing the …
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June? Where are you June? Where are your pleasant days, your gentle rains? Why do you bring us hot, dry days and late summer flowers? June, this is not funny. Carol? Yes, Dr. Hortfreud? Why are …
Clematis 'Pagoda' My Dear Dr. Hortfreud, And so I find that I am rather inexplicably entering into a Clematis phase in my evolution as a gardener. Mother Nature, with help from some enabling …
Hi Dr. Hortfreud. Hello Carol. I hear you saw several movies last week. Oh yes, I did, Dr. Hortfreud. I saw three of them. Care to tell me about them? Sure. First I saw War Horse. There were …
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