Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Let's give a shoutout for relatively well-behaved self-sowing plants in the garden, shall we? Buy the seeds once and you'll never need to buy them again! With virtually no effort on my part, …
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There's a zinnia thief on the loose! This morning I filled up some gallon jugs with water, tossed them onto the bed of my truck and then drove up to the entrance of my neighborhood to water the …
This flower is going to go up in flames, metaphorically speaking of course. This is Celosia 'Flamma Orange' and I grew it from seeds sent to my by the National Garden Bureau. It's an All-America …
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The all-knowing, all-seeing, all-spying internet algorithms pointed me toward a video last week that explained a little about the concept of wabi-sabi. So why not relate it to gardening? The …
I spent some time a while back searching various bookseller sites on the internet to find just about every book ever published about violets, pansies, and violas. I think I have most of them now, …
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Is my patio teaching me about gardening or is the hosta growing in the patio teaching me something about plants? And just what did I learn from their teachings? I learned that a hosta can grow …
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