Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May 2017. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are enjoying a spring with plenty of rain, and the garden looks more lush and full …
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Dear Olive, Greetings from the good ship 'Rain Again'. We've had quite the journey through Spring so far. We've sailed along with six or more inches of rain in the last ten days or so, depending on …
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I did a little bit of mulch/flower shopping on Wednesday, which we now refer to as "the last day between the rains". We got a whole bunch of rain on Saturday and Sunday, and possibly Monday. I was …
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It's been a glamorous week in the garden. I spent time nearly every day this past week digging out compost from my three compost bins on the east end of the Vegetable Garden Cathedral. Those bins are …
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Great White Trilliums have been blooming in my garden for the last week or so. This lovely native wildflower goes by the name Trillium grandiflorum, which is easy to remember because these are …
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With temperatures barely reaching 60ºF after much warmer days the week before, I suppose you could call yesterday our dogwood winter. That's what the old timers call a cold day in the spring when …
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