Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Aster hiding in the Amsonia There comes a time in the fall when every gardener who gardens in a climate with a true winter season with snow and ice and, well, winter, must decide. Cut down …
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Tucson Botanical Gardens The gardens in and around Tucson, Arizona are quite different from those in my neighborhood. They are filled with cactus, succulents, agaves, and trees that have the tiniest …
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Crocuses blooming in the lawn spring of 2012 As garden fairies slept under shrubs nearby, I planted 1,100 Crocus corms, specifically several varieties of Crocus tommasinianus, in my back lawn, the …
Get into the garden Come with me into the Vegetable Garden Cathedral for an update at the end of the growing season. If you are new or visiting this garden for the first time, you may …
Two flights with a layover in between and I was transported from Indianapolis in the Midwest, where Fall is lowering the temps and changing the leaf color, to Tucson in the Southwest, where it felt …
OSO EASY™ Cherry Pie, Rosa 'Meiboulka' Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for October 2012. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6b garden in central Indiana, fall is slowly pulling the curtain across …
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