Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
This year I feel certain the Halloween Hare is going to visit my garden and create havoc if I don't take preventative measures. What? You don't know about the Halloween Hare? You must be new …
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This is a rockery trowel People ask, "How do you plant bulbs in the lawn?" I answer, "With a rockery trowel." They nod knowingly. Of course, they should have thought of using a rockery trowel. As …
Pretty little mystery flower in the lawn I've spent time the last three evenings on my hands and knees and sometimes on my butt planting bulbs for Glory of the Snow, Chionodoxa gigantia (also …
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A garden is more than plants and flowers. A garden is the story of a gardener. Each season is a new chapter. Each plant and flower adds a sentence or two. Some gardens are made up of many stories, …
Autumn crocus, Crocus speciosus Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for October 2014. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I am pleased to introduce a new bloom in my …
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Once upon a time, in the autumn time, a bouquet of garden fairies were sitting in a garden, resting after a long day spent painting tree leaves in the traditional colors of fall. The garden …
