Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
The question on many a gardener's mind is how do you know if you have a certified garden fairy habitat. Before you can even ask if your garden is a certified garden fairy habitat, you need to go …
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Papa Raccoon ambled along the side of the house and headed toward the gate to the back garden. He lowered his head to slip under the gate, as he had done so many times before, and ran smack dab …
I had a revelation about houseplants the other day and I'm here to tell you that it is the most liberating revelation I've had in quite some time. I have some really old houseplants in my sunroom. …
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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