Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Once again, let us open up the diary of a certain garden fairy and see what she has been up to these past few days. When we are done, we'll carefully put the diary back where we found it and she will …
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Dear Dee and Mary Ann, A postcard from my little veg garden. I'm picking lots from the garden right now as you can see from the picture of Saturday's pickin's. Everything is doing well except the …
Begonia 'Gloire de Lorraine' (American Gardening, 1900) Obsessed gardener looking for an old variety of Begonia, 'Gloire de Lorraine'. Described by Buckner Hollingsworth in Gardening on Main Street …
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I will always remember this summer as the summer I discovered Buckner Hollingsworth's books. My first discovery came when a friend and I were browsing in a nearby antique mall. I had gone my way in …
Wild Petunia, Ruellia humilis "Good morning, class." "Good morning, Miss Horters." "Now class, I hope you all remembered that today we are having a very special Show & Tell for Wildflower …
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I believe 'German Johnson' is one of the finest heirloom tomatoes you can grow in your garden. It has a pinkish skin, pinker than this picture shows, and the classic dimples one generally finds on …
