Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Requisite photo of a garden-y thing Do you have a theme for your garden this year? I've been reading Sissinghurst: Vita Sackville-West and the Creation of a Garden by Vita Sackville-West and Sarah …
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I can think of no place more magical than a garden, where every hoe and trowel is a magic wand. The magic is there in each petal of each flower as it opens up. It's there in the unfurling of each …
Iris reticulata anxiously await Spring's arrival in the garden Spring arrives today at 6:45 pm EDT. If you want to be sure Spring comes to your garden, you absolutely must run out right now and …
Lean in, new gardeners, I'm going to tell you a secret about gardens. Gardens, in general, are very forgiving of mistakes. And they don't demand precision in timing or perfection in plant choices, …
Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin' Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2015. Wow. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in Central Indiana, the last few days have …
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For the joy of that first moment when I stepped out the back door and saw all the crocuses blooming in the lawn, it was worth it. It was worth spending hours planting all those crocus bulbs last …
