Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Tap, tap, tap. Where is that noise coming from? Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. Is someone outside doing something in their yard this early on a Monday? Oh wait, I'm out doing stuff, actually planting a …
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Clematis 'Pagoda' My Dear Dr. Hortfreud, And so I find that I am rather inexplicably entering into a Clematis phase in my evolution as a gardener. Mother Nature, with help from some enabling …
You might be a gardening geek in your car if: You know exactly how many bags of mulch will fit in your trunk and just how to arrange those bags so you can maximize all the space. You swore you would …
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The best way to look at your garden differently is to show it to someone who has never seen it before. A few springs ago, I was showing someone my garden for their first time and we came across a …
Some people might look at this grapevine with frost damaged leaves and decide it is time to go get a shovel and queue up Chopin's Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat Minor, Op.35, CT.202: III. Marche …
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I think I'm finally finished with the frilly flower phase of my gardening life. I realized it when I walked through the garden yesterday evening checking out all the columbine (Aquilegia) …
