Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Yesterday, as planned, I sowed seeds in the garden for two kinds of peas, four kinds of radishes, seven varieties of lettuce, three colors of onions, one kind each of turnips, spinach, bok choy and …
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How big is your vegetable garden?As we all compare notes on seed purchases, tomato varieties, and radish choices, I wonder what size gardens others are planting.My own vegetable garden is set up as …
For instant gratification in the sporosphilia (seed sowing) world, radishes are it.“Instant” is just three weeks from sowing to harvesting for some radish varieties like ‘Cherry Belle’. That really is …
The tomato is the Queen of the Vegetable Garden!When I plan out my vegetable garden, I always choose my tomato varieties first, decide which raised beds to plant them in, and then plan out the rest of …
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Is it obvious to people who don’t garden what it means to rotate crops? I can just imagine someone trying to figure out what to do to rotate, as in turn, their tomato plants, firmly rooted in the …
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I’m one of those kinds of gardeners, the kind who think that if you have a sunny spot with decent soil, you should grow some vegetables.In every place I’ve gardened, the first order of gardening …
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