Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
This isn't really Carol! (Library of Congress photo) Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are taking over this blog once again while Carol sits and ruminates by the fire. We do not …
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Every gardener knows that sound, the sound in the fall when your trowel slices through a flower bulb as you are digging to plant more flower bulbs. Ugh. It's difficult to remember where all the bulbs …
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Every time I step out into my garden, it teaches me a lesson. Today's lesson from the flowers is don't be afraid to be different. Different is the new black! Different is the new green! So what if …
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Flower circle Mystery, thy name is flower circles. In early spring, in the lawn, circles of flowers appear in some areas, especially those areas where gardeners have gone to some trouble to …
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Traveling plant "Hey, over here. Look at me. A traveling plant. I made it from way over there by the tree to the edge of the flower border, by the front walk. I know. I'm impressive, aren't I? A …
Glory-of-the-snow in the lawn Would you like to have flowers in your lawn in the springtime? Of course you would! And you can. It's easy. Just order some corms for crocuses, Crocus tommasinianus …
