Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Yes, I successfully grow figs outdoors in central Indiana, USDA Hardiness Zone 6a. I grow my figs in the ground. I don't dig them up in the fall to move them inside or lay them in a trench to …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2021. Here in my USDA hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the colchicums are up and flowering. They are a nice, bright surprise, …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have decided to provide a report of Carol's grand plan to do a little gardening every day in September, for at least an hour or so. What we …
First there was one book, then there were two, then there were three because I liked the idea of a trilogy. It had a nice ring to it! A trilogy of gardening humor! So when I wrote the fourth book, …
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Watch your step, look around. The first of the colchicums has just been found. I stepped outside early this morning to begin the third day of my 30-day challenge to spend at least an hour in …
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are in favor of the plan. What plan, you ask? The one in which Carol spends one hour a day weeding the garden every day for 30 days, …
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