Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Looking through some pictures, I came across another handmade item which might be just what every gardener wants, especially if they have a raised bed vegetable garden.I love raised bed vegetable …
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Saturday morning, the bulb planting begins in earnest here at May Dreams Gardens!I bought a few bulbs to plant this fall.First I ordered up some minor bulbs after attending an AHS webinar on Bulbs …
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I read recently on the Gardening Gone Wild blog that some of the pictures in garden magazines are ‘staged’ or stuffed with blooms to make the gardens appear fuller, bigger, better than they are in …
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How's come more gardeners don't plant Fothergilla?And speaking of "how's come", is that a Hoosierism, a particular figure of speech common among people who are from Indiana? Or do others phrase …
How many hand tools does your favorite gardener have? After awhile, most gardeners acquire a few trowels, hand forks, hand digging hoes, bulb planters and other hand tools and need something to put …
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I assume that every gardener tries to attract garden fairies (faeries in England) to their garden.This is done by letting a few places in the garden grow a little bit wild so they fairies have a place …
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