Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Shlumbergera sp. (Thanksgiving Cactus) For those of you who find yourself sitting at the Thanksgiving table next to your second cousin’s husband’s mother or your niece’s mother-in-law’s daughter or …
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When I was studying horticulture in college, I was required to take a class in entomology. Ick. Bugs. It was a course I dreaded but the university decreed that I must learn about insects. The …
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Gardenalgia - n. 1. a hankering for the gardens of our past. 2. nostalgia for old gardens, old ways of gardening, well worn garden tools, heirloom plants, just like grandma had. If I ever had the …
The Troy-Bilt Storm 3090 XP Snow Thrower arrived here at May Dreams Gardens late this morning. It came on a big truck with a lift gate, sitting in a big red box on top of a wooden pallet. The driver …
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I was one of the last in line to have my copy of Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy signed by none other than Rosalind Creasy a few weeks ago on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. She had just given a …
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We northern gardeners do something that southern gardeners don’t do. We put it all away. Containers, pots, furniture, decorations, hoses… to have them last more than a season or two, we must put …
