Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and gardening friends everywhere,Greetings from my vegetable garden where the spinach has bolted but the lettuce is still good. It was great to spend time with both of you and so …
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I found a few miscellaneous ideas and thoughts when I finally unpacked my bags and sorted through my pictures from the Chicago Spring Fling.First thing out of the bags was this rabbit, which isn't …
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Another therapy session with Dr. Hortfreud...Carol, where have you been? You missed weed therapy last week and your garden is really showing it.Dr. Hortfreud, I know! I went to Chicago for the Spring …
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I am guilty of buying “one of” plants. Then I plant these “one of” plants and hope that they will be seen and admired for their individual beauty. Sometimes these “one of” plants get lost in the …
Beans! It’s all about the beans right now.One of the last stops I made before leaving Chicago today after enjoying the Chicago Spring Fling was to go and see “the bean’. This sculpture in Millennium …
How do you know when you've seen enough gardens for one day?When you are standing in a beautiful Chicago garden, a Zone 5a garden which is very close to your own Zone 5b garden, and you ask no one in …
