Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Crocuses in the lawn Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2014. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, Spring has cracked open the garden gate and taken a few …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have nearly exhausted ourselves these last few days. It started when the temperature shot up to the low 60's on Monday. We realized then that …
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I'm growing candy in my garden this year, like I do every year. Whenever I'm out working in the garden, I'll be able to walk right over to the candy plants and just help myself. One of the …
Spring in the garden, a few years ago I've picked out a motto for my garden. Or maybe it is a theme for this year? Or maybe it is something to repeat whenever I can't decide if I should or …
A few weeks ago Winter shapes a garden like no other season. Winter is why I don't grow camellias, and why I grow lilacs. Winter is why I plant tulips and daffodils, hyacinths and snowdrops. I …
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Just before the two little snowdrops were buried in our first snow of March, I hurried out the front door and took a picture of them. Then I hurried back inside because it is cold out …
