Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I stood in the doorway and zoomed in to take this picture It's the soil temperature that matters when one is deciding if it is time to sow seeds in the garden for cool season crops including peas, …
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In one month, give or take a day or two, I'll be out in the garden planting peas. I know it doesn't seem possible that it will be warm enough to sow peas in a month, given today's high temp of …
Gather round, new gardeners, for I am about to spill the beans on some principles of vegetable gardening that will help you in your own first attempts at growing a little food for …
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I couldn't pull this sweet alyssum when I weeded today. As visions of Julia Child danced through my head, I planted shallots and garlic in the vegetable garden today. This was the perfect day for it. …
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I believe 'German Johnson' is one of the finest heirloom tomatoes you can grow in your garden. It has a pinkish skin, pinker than this picture shows, and the classic dimples one generally finds on …
Garden Fairie Selfie #9 I've been sowing peas or helping to sow peas in the early spring in the garden for as long as I can remember. Fifty years, at least. How early I've planted has varied …
