Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Miniature daffodils are in full bloom. Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2016. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I have decided Spring is early this …
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Is it time for some change in your garden? I think it is time for some change in my garden. More details in the weeks ahead... In the meantime, look at all the change I've already found in my …
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are here to report that Carol, who insists everyone should plant their peas on St. Patrick's Day, planted her peas on March 8th. That is not St. …
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Iris reticulata Iris reticulata is my favorite early spring flower, this week. It's a resilient little bloomer, able to handle the cold and a bit of snow, which it did a few days ago. Those …
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An idea growing in my garden Every winter, I plant seeds for ideas to harvest and use in the garden. Ideas are pretty easy to grow. They don't seem to mind the cold temperatures. In fact, …
On the top of a bookshelf in my den, I keep an old cardboard shipping box with the seeds my Dad ordered back in 1987 for a garden he wouldn't end up planting in its entirety. The seed packets, some …
