Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
What is the best speed at which to garden? Too slow, and nothing gets done. Too fast, and the gardener ends up exhausted. Just right, and the garden looks good and the gardener is happy. This …
Continue Reading about Gardening at the speed of contemplation →
Two violets talking in the garden. Management here at the May Dreams Gardens Home and Tea Room for Antiquarian Garden Books (MDGHTRAGB) has decreed that no more old gardening books will be admitted …
Continue Reading about MDG Home and Tea Room for Antiquarian Gardening Books →
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we notice things that go on in this garden called May Dreams Gardens. Yes, we do. Not one thing goes on in this garden that we garden fairies don't find …
Continue Reading about Guest Post: Garden Fairies on the Veg Garden Makeover →
Rosa 'Meiboulka' bloom Ladies and gentleman, gardeners young and old, rose lovers and rose haters, step right this way to see The Incredible Growing Rose. Never in your gardening years have you seen …
Continue Reading about You Can Grow That! Oso Easy® Cherry Pie Rose →
Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane' open If the stars came down from heaven to become flowers in a garden, I think they might become Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane'. Sunday afternoon, when the sun came out …
I recently purchased a copy of Garden Works by William Good F.R.H.S. (Blackie and Son Limited, 1913) after Dee of Red Dirt Ramblings taunted me with a picture of the cover. I had no idea what it was …
