Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
How's it growing? My mesclun mix looks pretty good. I'm about ready to cut some of it to add to a salad of store-bought lettuce. Is that allowed? Mixing homegrown lettuce with store-bought lettuce? …
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There comes a time in the spring when a gardener asks herself, "Should I or shouldn't I plant these annuals and other tender plants outside now?" In other words, have we had our last frost? …
I like digging into the topics that Dee Nash and I discuss on our weekly podcast episodes of The Gardenangelists. Last week, we decided our flower would be Solomon's Seal. Great! A native …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2020. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in Central Indiana, spring has definitely arrived. And so has a cold snap that could bring some frosty …
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Here are the six steps I took to end up with this groundcover growing around the base of my ginkgo tree. You can skip some of the steps, but you cannot skip the last step. Step 1. Grow up with …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are taking this time during what is one of our busiest seasons in the garden to send a message to everyone. First, before we send our message, we …
