Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Five and a half weeks after I took the hyacinth bulbs out of the refrigerator and placed them in hyacinth vases, I have bloom. Pink, obviously. Fragrant, too.Outside, we have snow and cold. Winter …
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Are we talking about March already? With today's snowfall, it is hard to think about spring or even imagine it. Everything is buried under a thick blanket of snow. But soon it will be March and so …
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When it is really cold outside, with temperatures in the single digits, we always wish for snow to provide some insulation for the plants.We got our wish today! It started to snow around lunch time …
What does a gardener do in the middle of winter on a day when the temperatures don't even get above single digits? Sit and think about places in her garden that make her happy, that's what!We all have …
Proud to be gardening in Indianapolis!!INDIANAPOLIS COLTS!! SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!! …
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Here are the Hyacinths after 5 weeks. I have no explanation for why there is such variation in growth. All the bulbs came out of the same bag and were kept in the back of my refrigerator for the same …
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