Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Violets grown from seed, blooming on the 13th Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2014. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I think spring is running just a …
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I think hyacinths are a bit difficult to place in the spring garden. Their upright racemes just beg you me to plant them like little soldiers all in a row. Indeed, I do have a row of …
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Magnolia stellata It occurred to me this week. When the star magnolia (Magnolia stellata) blooms, it is generally time to mow the lawn. Now that I know this, I won't have to actually look at …
Chionodoxa sp. Little bits of sky fell down to my garden and turned into flowers. I love the blue of these small spring blooms which carry the common name of glory-of-the-snow and the genus name of …
Dear Dee and Mary Ann, Greetings from my garden! I've just come inside after spending a couple of hours this evening in the garden. Rather than being tired from it all, like I thought I would …
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I was not happy on my first walk around the garden earlier this spring. I found a hole in the back lawn. I think I looked a bit "put off" when I examined this hole, sort of like this pansy which …
