Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Hello Dr. Hortfreud. Hello, Carol. How are you and did you want to talk about the iris that is re-blooming that never re-bloomed before? No, Dr. Hortfreud, I want to talk about mowing. Again? Yes, …
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Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun' I love digging in the garden. With each shovelful of dirt, I feel like I'm entering a secret world of bacteria and fungi and worms and other critters than live amongst the …
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Camellia 'Snow Flurry' I am convinced certain plants in my garden do all they can to avoid blooming on the 15th of the month when I host Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Perhaps they are shy? Don't like …
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for October 2016. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we've been enjoying a mild fall with moderate temperatures. Though our usual …
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Echo of color See the echo of color in the garden? The orange mums with yellow centers echo the colors in the sculpture behind them. If anyone asks I definitely planned for that to happen once the …
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we were just discussing what happens when we argue amongst ourselves. What happens is the toad paints the flowers of Tricyrtis to look like the …
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