Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Dear Hortense Hoelove, What is wrong with my lily plant? It has these brownish-black "things" growing in the leaf axils. Is it a disease? Is it large insect frass? What should I do? What spray …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we would like to comment on what Carol calls "garden lightly tended". Truly, we are garden fairies and we thought it was a lovely post but we …
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I am reminded that a garden lightly tended will yield some lovely surprises, like this little field of columbine seedlings on the edge of Plopper's Field. I crawled around and through Plopper's Field …
Silence. Do not disturb the gardener. She's disturbed enough. Kidding. She's actually quite happy. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the dew is heavy and all about the garden flowers …
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Boltonia with garden sculpture Dear Membership Committee of the Society of Gardeners Aged 50 and Over (SGAFO), As a member in good standing and the president and founder of The Society of Gardeners …
Liriope muscari 'Variegata' I was delighted to see that the lilyturf, also known as monkey grass, which is really Liriope muscari 'Variegata', is blooming now. This tough as nails plant …
