Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Tulipa batalinii 'Apricot Jewel' Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2012. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden, it's crazy, it's mixed up. It's different. It's early. These blooms …
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Rain makes the garden green You might be a gardening geek doing laundry if... You divide your laundry up into loads of lights, darks, and gardening before you wash it. Bonus points if the …
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Grape leaves after two nights of frost. When March didn't act like March and instead put on a darn good impersonation of May, we were all giddy and happy and clapped our hands together to show our …
The day I went out to plant peas, I realized the vegetable garden was filled with blooming purple deadnettle and not quite ready for planting. I got the bright idea to use a weed-whacker to at …
What is the best speed at which to garden? Too slow, and nothing gets done. Too fast, and the gardener ends up exhausted. Just right, and the garden looks good and the gardener is happy. This …
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Two violets talking in the garden. Management here at the May Dreams Gardens Home and Tea Room for Antiquarian Garden Books (MDGHTRAGB) has decreed that no more old gardening books will be admitted …
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