Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for January 2024. And Happy New Year. Here in my USDA Hardiness supposedly zone 6b garden in central Indiana, we are experiencing the same artic blast of …
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I'm pleased to bring you a bit of gardening wisdom from 1935, from the book Four Hedges: A Gardener's Chronicle by Clare Leighton. The picture I've chosen to go with this wisdom is just a random, …
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are here to provide you dear readers with a report on winter so far. Now, before we go into details, we garden fairies must remind everyone that …
The old rabbit, Twenty-Three, paused in her preparations for leaving the garden to reflect on her year. The one thing she knew for sure was that it all went by in a flash. How could it be 12 …
How do you keep your poinsettia? "Keep?" You might be one of those people who don't keep their poinsettia at all. You toss it in the trash after December 25th and never give it another thought as …
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Dear Lovely Reader, I thought I would take a break on this third day of Christmas to record a few comings and goings in and around the garden this week. This week! It's that odd time …
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