Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Apparently, I am growing some odd, obscure vegetables, like okra. Five of the first five co-workers I asked could not identify the okra I brought in to work for another co-worker who specifically …
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Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, They have returned! No more peaceful coexistence. No more sitting back and thinking that we have some kind of truce worked out. How could I …
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I mentioned to a co-worker that I had a book on Monet’s Gardens to review and his response was, “Monet had gardens? I love his paintings.” I replied, in a matter of fact manner, “Monet painted? I …
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Back in the day, the college daze that is, I took two entomology classes. I took the first one because I was required to. Then I took the second one because I wanted to. Insects, as it turned out, …
It's back to school time and our thoughts turn to gardening as they always do. As I trimmed back the Blue Dogbane, Amsonia tabernaemontana, the other evening, I couldn’t help but notice the white …
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Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, This letter post is my 1,500th post on this blog. I thought about delaying this letter and writing something else to mark the occasion, but …
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