Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2019. Here my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are still in the midst of winter, though there are signs of a few blooms …
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On February 10, 2007, I announced via a blog post that I would be starting a new practice of surveying my garden on the 15th of every month to see what was blooming. I invited other bloggers to …
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Every gardener has a long list of plants that were once in their garden but are now no longer in their garden. Some of us keep the tags from these plants. Then when we want to feel bad about …
I might have crossed a line from "having a few Sansevierias" to "when and where will I buy my next Sansevieria?" Which might mean I'm becoming a "collector of plants in the genus Sansevieria." Or …
Would you like to watch some movies with me? I will warn you, no matter the movie, if there are plants or scenes with plants, I will be intently checking those out and may forget what else the movie …
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I mentioned the other day that I have been given the Great Responsibility to care for a friend's African violet (Saintpaulia sp.) that was once his mother's and before that it was his …
