Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Not houseplants, just cut flowers from my garden I am sending my houseplants to Club Hort for the summer. Normally, they stay in the sunroom and never leave for anything. But not this year. This …
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How do you plant a tomato plant? You start off with a lovely tomato plant, maybe one you grew yourself from seed or one you bought at a local greenhouse where they grew it from seed. You pick a …
Radishes, 'Cherry Belle' and 'French Breakfast' Ah, yes, those radishes were quite good, and thank you for asking. They were crunchy in a crisp sort of way and had just the right amount of kick …
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Clematis integrifolia Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May 2015. I hardly know where to start here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana. We've had a wonderful …
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Gillyflowers, Dianthus 'Bath's Pink' The gillyflowers are in bloom. Gillyflowers, you ask? Aren't those Dianthus, you ask politely? To you, maybe, but when I read that another common name for …
The minute I saw it, I wanted it to follow me home and come live in my garden, forever. And so I gave the guy who made it a little something called cash, and the bird followed me home. Or rather, I …
