Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Winter interest in a garden not yet finished. A finished garden is a mythical place which does not exist. If you find such a garden, I guarantee you that there is no gardener there tending it. So …
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Mignonette, picture from Select Seeds "Soon the rumor of its fragrance carried it across the Channel to London where it was so much used in window boxes that a writer of the time said, "We have …
Miss Twigg: The Compost-Heap I am surrounded by stacks of old gardening books trying to figure out which of hundreds of tidbits and treasures from these old books to include in a one hour …
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Lucky Alice! Once upon a time, her Aunt Sally gave her a copy of Wild Flowers Every Child Should Know by Frederic William Stack (Doubleday, Page & Company, May 1909) I know not one thing …
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There was a terrible accident involving a bookcase made out of reclaimed wood, with four shelves, three that were movable, and doors inset with seeded glass to give it an old look. A week or so ago, …
It occurred to me that from time to time new readers and returning readers might stop by and wonder about various personas and organizations that I have written about here at May Dreams Gardens. To …
