Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2026. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, it is most definitely spring. And once again, I'm showing a picture of violets …
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Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and we thought we'd sneak in a post here before Carol takes back the keyboard to write a Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day post in a few days. And you dear …
After introducing the concept of Spinstercore Gardening a few weeks ago, I received a few questions from those who want to garden this way. First, if you missed the introduction to Spinstercore …
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I almost got kicked out of the Spinstercore Gardening Club! (If you haven't heard about Spinstercore Gardening, check out this post.) For those who didn't want to check out that post, here's …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are posting on this blog in the middle of the week because we have a story to tell you. It's quite the tale, and before you get all nervous and …
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Next week, a landscaper and his crew will be coming to my garden to straighten up the edging around the beds in the Vegetable Garden Cathedral, put down a proper landscape fabric in the paths (the …
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