Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
We are seeing some real progress now. I figured out what was going on with the bulb on the lower left in the opaque green vase. Apparently "someone" didn't put in quite enough water and so the bulb …
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I just finished reading Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis.As you can see from the picture, I tried the experiment on page 36 to see what …
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It is pleasant to think, just under the snow,That stretches so bleak and blank and cold,Are beauty and warmth that we cannot know,Green fields and leaves and blossoms of gold.-Fay Hampstead, American …
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Why does it seem to take some courage, a little “gumption”, to stand up amongst the crowd and say “I’m a gardener”? Even if you feel as though you were born to garden and be a gardener, admitting it …
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What price would you pay for admission? I read in the local paper today that some tickets to the Super Bowl will go for as high as $7,000. One Colts season ticket holder, lucky enough to win a …
I am pleased to announce the winners of the name that plant contest!The 1st plant was a Penta or Star Flower. Sissy was the 1st to comment with the correct identification and several others confirmed …
