Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I saw a sea of green, perfect for garden fairies to hide in on brightly lit days at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. The docent at the garden saw Oxalis oregana redwood sorrel, which she said can be …
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I've hired a new stylist to assist me in integrating "gardening style" into my life. Gloriosa Vanderhort and I are so far getting along quite well. She's currently figuring out what shades of …
Dear Dr. Hortfreud, I need your help! I found a yellowed newspaper clipping stuck in the pages of an old gardening book I bought last week, and it has sent me straight down a rabbit hole where the …
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Carol, I have time for just the briefest note to follow up your request for more information about the Green Bandana Garden Club. Did you ever think to check in that pile of old gardening …
Dear Hortense, Greetings on a fine summer's morning! I very much appreciated how quickly you responded to my letter about the Green Bandana Garden Club. Somehow, I knew you would know something …
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for July 2011! Here in my USDA hardiness zone 5b garden, the coneflowers, Echinacea purpurea, are creating a swath of bloom that will carry that section of the …
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