Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
"Someone forgot to tell the violets it's not spring." That's the text message I got from my older sister yesterday afternoon when I was out mowing the lawn, and she was out puttering in her …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies, and let us now quote some G.K. Chesterton, which proves without a doubt that we garden fairies invented common sense. "Common sense is a fairy thread, …
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When I slipped those little seedlings of yellow Profusion zinnias along the front of the flower border, I knew there were also bulbs there. Lots of them. In the spring, reticulated irises come up …
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Would you like to follow along to see how one simple search could send me down yet another rabbit hole? It all started early yesterday morning when I read a blog post from Stuck in a Book about …
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Enjoy the view of 'Skyscraper Pink' salvia, a flower still blooming that I forgot to include in my latest bloom day post. I took this picture about a month ago but I assure you, this salvia still …
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for October 2023. Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we had "a wee bit o' frost" a few mornings ago. It wasn't enough of a frost …
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