Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Ceanothus americanus Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for June 2015. If you came in person today to my USDA Hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we could sit in the garden and listen to …
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White clematis, a welcome vine in the garden Every gardener, at some point, should learn when it is appropriate to scream in the garden and when it is better to cuss. First, let's address the …
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Clematis 'Rooguchi', planted several years ago Here it is, just a week into June, and I've planted out every plant I bought this spring, plus the plants I received to trial, plus some plants I got to …
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Life is good in my vegetable garden, duly named The Vegetable Garden Cathedral. In a few days, I'll be picking shelling peas and there are snow peas ready to pick now. Long-time readers, I mean from …
Digitalis grandiflora Dear Hortense, Do you have foxglove growing in your garden? I have large yellow-flowered foxglove, Digitalis grandiflora, growing in my garden. It's right in the middle …
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There's magic in a clover lawn. You can carefully pick the flowers and tie them together to create a tiara fit for a queen and then you are suddenly the Queen of the Garden. And all the garden …
