Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for November 2017. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I am as surprised as you might be to see a colchicum still blooming in the garden …
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Gardening through this fall has been like being stuck at the top of a zip line. I just couldn't get that thing, whatever it is called, engaged on the zip line, ready to go. The temperatures were too …
I wonder how we got to "compromise" in the fall garden so quickly? I blame the unusual summery days of October when warmer than normal temperatures lulled me into believing there was a lot of time …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have lived through yet another killing frost. Whew. We know it is going to happen every year but for some reason we just weren't as ready for this …
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Happy Hallobookween. The time of year when we dress up our favorite books in costumes. I will be the first to admit that not every book likes to dress up for this holiday. In fact, I couldn't find …
We say them a lot this time of year, the two most hopeful words in all of gardening. These two words spur us to action. They revive our summer-weary souls. They lift our spirits. They give us …
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