Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Dear Dee and Mary Ann, Greetings from my garden where I just picked and ate my first tomato of the season. I decided this event was a good reason to post for Dear Friend and Gardener, Dee's virtual …
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Canna showing garden fairy footprints If you do an online search for "spots on flowers", the most common results will lead you to sites telling you about all kinds of plant diseases. Your search may …
Because I have so much to do in the garden today, I thought I would start out by taking pictures of the garden - where so much needs to be done and should have been done weeks ago - and posting them …
Heliposis helianthoides 'Helhan', trade name Loraine Sunshine Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we do not care that Carol made this a combined "wordless" and "wildflower" post just …
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There comes a time when you must plunge into the depths of the garden border and pull the weeds. Pull the thistle rising above the rest of the flowers, catching it just as it is ready to burst into …
If you are very quiet in a garden and stand quite still, you can hear the flowers talking to one another. Listen in to the conversation overheard in the August Dreams Garden border on a still, early …
