Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Do you know what's great about the Garden Bloggers' Flings? Yes, the gardens are wonderful. I don't know how the local committee in Austin talked their way into some of the fabulous gardens we …
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The garden chairs will have to wait for me to sit in them. And when I do stop long enough to sit down, it appears I'll have to fight some shrubs for the best seat. No matter, I'm enjoying a lot of …
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I've been strolling through my garden, exercising my mind by trying to name the flowers as they bloom. The one picture here I call "Ragged Robin", but its true name is Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Petite …
Dear Hortense Hoelove, I know it's been a while since you published your advice column. I don't know if you stopped because of a lack of questions or if you decided you didn't want to …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May 2018. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we went from "where is spring?" to "here is summer". Nearly overnight. We set records …
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If the Garden Bloggers' Fling in Austin, Texas was a movie, it would win an Oscar for best picture. The "production company" of local Austin bloggers put together a script that included events and …
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