Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
You might be a gardening geek on a rainy day if… You contemplate buying one of those temporary shelters, the kind with the tent roof but no sides, to set up in strategic locations in the garden so …
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A few questions and answers about Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day Dear Hortense, My garden has been frozen in places where it wasn't supposed to freeze. Should I skip Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day on the …
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It’s Friday! Do you know what that means? It means it’s time for Hortense Hoelove to answer more readers’ questions about plant and garden relationship issues.Ms. Hoelove,Thank goodness I found you! I …
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This post is “weather free”. I will not mention freezing temperatures in April, rainy days, cloudiness, hail, rain, sleet, snow or weather obsessed gardening geeks. In fact, here are five weather …
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There sure is a lot of talk about the weather amongst gardeners, even though we know that talking about the weather won’t change it. In fact, many of us live in a place where everyone says “if you …
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Perpetuating the myth that northern gardeners are just frittering away these winter days and nights reading seed catalogs and gardening books, I’ve been looking through the almanac, in particular The …
