Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I have few suggestions for plant variety names that would make it much easier for me to remember them. I suspect other gardeners will also find my suggested names much easier to remember, too. …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2017. Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I look around and ask the question we gardeners always ask. "Where did all these …
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I'll admit that it has been years, if not decades, since I planted cabbage and broccoli in my vegetable garden. When I tried to grow them back in the day, it never failed that within weeks of …
My Dear Flora, I was so excited the other day to find a nest in my bluebird box that I thought straight-away about writing to tell you about it. I was out planting some onion sets in the gardem—a …
How many of you faithful readers have sent off for a DNA test to find out where your ancestors came from and who you might be related to? I sent off my saliva for a DNA test about six months ago and …
'Tis the season for gardeners everywhere to flock back to their local garden centers and greenhouses to load up on new plants for their gardens. My local supplier, I mean greenhouse, is packed with …
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