Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
A spring session with Dr. Hortfreud. Good evening, Carol. I figured you would show up this evening. You always do when it is nice outside like today. Are those seed packets you have in your …
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I finished ordering all my seeds for this season last night. Altogether I purchased… Well, a gardener never tells! However, it appears that to date I haven’t purchased as many seeds as I did last …
By the light of the silvery moon… This is the year that I’m actually going to pay attention to the moon phases when I sow seeds for my vegetables. (Yes, Dr. Hortfreud, I know I say that every year, …
This year’s New Vegetable to Plant in My Garden will be… Okra! Okra will help take me back to my roots, to a time when my Dad would drive some of “us kids” down to visit our grandparents, aunts, …
The frost claimed what was left in the vegetable garden last week, leaving cold-blackened plants for me to pull out and add to the rapidly filling compost bins. I look now at the bare raised beds and …
Would anyone like some peppers?I have all kinds. Hot peppers like Jalapeno, Serrano, Poblano, Hungarian Hot Wax, and Mexi-bell and mild peppers like California Wonder and Big Bertha.They are red and …
