Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Miniature Amaryllis My amaryllis bulbs, including the miniature amaryllis bulbs, are all up and in various stages of bud and bloom. The miniature amaryllis is pretty but isn't the variety I …
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Be careful - garden fairies sleep in amaryllis blooms Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have been making plans this past week to prove once and for all the existence of the Christmas …
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Forcing blooms in winter. I think each year I won't bother with amaryllis and other flowers forced into winter bloom. After all, I've grown them in the past, I know what they look like, so why …
It's nice not to have snow on the ground right now Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for December 2014. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are enjoying a few days of …
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Once again, I have proof of the existence of garden fairies. Evidence in the form of mail delivered by the postal services to one Violet Greenpea Maydreams, a garden fairy. What further proof …
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I finally found a picture of how it is in my garden, or at least how I like to think it is in my garden, when I am not around. Because we all know, of course, when we are not around our gardens, …
