Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Japanese beetle on raspberries The other day, I noticed a butterfly and a Japanese beetle sharing the same Agastache flower. I didn't get a good picture of them on the flower, though I tried to. …
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When will I next be able to head out to the garden to weed or perhaps mow and trim the lawn? When Mother Nature says I can. And right now Mother Nature is speaking the language of rain. When it is …
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Thistle growing up thru a rose I quite admired the audacity of the gigantic thistle which had the good fortune to germinate at the base of one the few roses in my garden and grow tall enough to rise …
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'Fantistico F1' Cherry Tomatoes I do believe my grandmother's antique salt cellars are the perfect little dishes to display some of the first cherry tomatoes of the season. This display of cherry …
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we like to think we've been missed on this blog and that every day when people come here and see we haven't posted, they are disappointed. But now we …
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Borage - a new plant in my garden this season I was browsing through some plants for sale at a nearby nursery, contemplating, once again, which plants I should buy for my garden. A thought flashed …
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