Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Continuing through the authors of The Little Garden Series of books (edited by Mrs. Francis King), we find our next Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Dorothy Giles, who wrote The Little Kitchen Garden …
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Say "weeding" in the presence of gardeners and watch their smiles turn to frowns. Then step back as they all begin to tell their favorite weeding stories, always using the verb "weeding." Well, …
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Last spring, I introduced my garden admiration service. This spring, I'm going to teach you how to admire your own garden in five easy steps. If you take my advice and do each step in order, …
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Hark, what grows there in the lawn? Is it a weird fungus? No, it's the seed pod of a crocus. As the crocus seed pod opens up, it reveals these little seeds that remind me of radish …
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May 2022. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, it's suddenly hot like summer after a spring that never seemed to warm up. Now …
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As more irises begin to appear in the garden, I've found another lost lady of garden writing, Ella Porter McKinney, who wrote Iris in the Little Garden (1927). I will confess I didn't find very …
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