Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and the first thing we would like to clarify, explain, and point out is that the picture we chose for this post is not a current picture by any stretch …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2025. Here in my USDA Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I have just one thing to say... "What a difference a week makes!" Eight days ago, we …
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How do you begin your gardening season? With seeds? With hopes and dreams? (Hopefully!) With pansies and violas? Or with all of the above? Let's choose all of the above, but hold a …
"What is the point, dear Carol, of browsing through old gardening books and reading all those yellowed newspaper articles written by Lost Ladies of Garden Writing?" Thank you for your …
How to write seed packet poetry in a few easy steps. Step one. Find some old seed packets. In a pinch, new ones will also work. But, the older, the better. (A motto I love more and more with each …
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2025. Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the crocuses are starting to pop up throughout the back lawn. I think the …
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