Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I have observed an unusual phenomenon related to plastic pots. I have observed that after planting a few plastic pots of violas and pansies, the empty plastic pots replicate. The result is you …
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Lately—and I'll just admit it up front—for many years, my favorite flowers in the garden share a cultivar name of 'Variety Unknown'. These are the first two reticulated irises that popped up a …
I read an essay titled "Talking About Bicycles" in a book of essays, Present Concerns: Journalistic Essays, by C. S. Lewis, and my thoughts turned to gardening. As they do. "I think there are …
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Yesterday, I headed out in the morning sunshine for a walk around the neighborhood and before I stepped off my driveway, I spotted the first little crocus in bloom. And so it begins. When I …
Do you have a motto for your garden this year? Usually around the beginning of the calendar year, I see posts and videos from people who are adopting a motto to guide them through the year. A …
For the first time in quite some time, we had enough snow and cold that I paid someone to shovel out my driveway. Normally I clear it off myself but we had at least eight inches of snow the other …
