Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Dear Hortense Hoelove, I know it's been a while since you published your advice column. I don't know if you stopped because of a lack of questions or if you decided you didn't want to …
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Peas in a veg. garden Dear Hortense Hoelove, I've been debating about when it is acceptable to plant in a straight line. Mostly I've been debating with myself so I thought I'd get another …
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Dear Hortense Hoelove, What is wrong with my lily plant? It has these brownish-black "things" growing in the leaf axils. Is it a disease? Is it large insect frass? What should I do? What spray …
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Dear Hortense, Right now at 10:00 pm on the 25th day of July with an actual temperature of 91F and a "feels like" temperature of 96F, I declare that we have reached the dregs of this drought and it …
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"Dear Ms. Hoelove, Something has been nagging at me for some time now, and I hope that you can help me. A year ago I decided to dig up another area of the back lawn to create a new flowerbed. …
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"Golden leaves carpet the ground beneath the honey locust, each one a memory of summer." Dear Hortense Hoelove, What is it about fall that makes us become reflective and …
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