Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
My late summer-autumn blooming border is coming along nicely as we round the corner and head straight to the end of August. I affectionately call this particular border August Dreams Garden because …
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I don't believe it is possible to look at a sunflower without smiling. I've tried to do so since mine began blooming and have determined it is just not possble. As I stand on the ground and …
I seem to have become known for zinnias this summer, at least amongst my friends on Facebook. I've posted a lot of pictures of zinnias since they began blooming and started tagging them with …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for August 2016. Just last week, here in USDA Hardizone Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I thought my bloom day post would be full of my whining about …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have stepped in at this time to save this blog from sure and certain extinction because a certain person seems to have become quite lax in providing …
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This zinnia got the ball rolling, Every year, it seems like a particular flower, maybe one I've grown for decades, captures my imagination. In my gardening past, there was the summer of daylilies, …
