Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I may have violated a basic tenet of gardening yesterday. The one about "pay attention to the weather forecast". Or maybe it was the one about "make hay while the sun shines, strike while the iron is …
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Looking through some pictures, I came across another handmade item which might be just what every gardener wants, especially if they have a raised bed vegetable garden.I love raised bed vegetable …
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Compost is a miracle, I tell you, a miracle.You pile up all kinds of plant debris all year long and then one beautiful, cool, sunny fall day you go out there and dig below that first layer of …
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"It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of ignorance, carelessness or inexperience. It takes a while to grasp that a garden isn't a testing ground for character …
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You might be a gardening geek on Halloween if…1. Your kids decide to dress up as scarecrows, raid your closet to get some old clothes, and then you realize they picked out the exact clothes you were …
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We've had a killing frost.We know it's over. We know we can't go back.We can't undo the frost.Today in the garden was a time to get started on fall clean up, to pile high the compost and make …
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