Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Garden fairies here. We have taken over this blog to bring you all some exciting news. But first, we are garden fairies and we have not posted anything in awhile so we would like to provide an …
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As soon as a gardener declares an area to be a garden and plants that first plant, it is time to start weeding and removing plants that are not part of the garden plan. This is because a garden is not …
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What joy is ours when we go out to the garden to find bounty in it. It's why we grow vegetables, isn't it? And flowers, too, like this verbena that I let self sow all around my garden. It is bountiful …
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Alma Potschke' Before the festivities of Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, I attempted to post a secret I learned from the praying mantis. The garden fairies boldly intervened, …
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Short's Goldenrod, Solidago shortii Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2011. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 5b garden in central Indiana, I feel as though I am reliving the same …
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We see it all in the Fall. There's a remnant of spring in the new yellow rose buds, a touch of summer in the white rose flower, and a bit of fall in the orange rosehips, all on the same branch of a …
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