Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
And I quote from Garden-Making: Suggestions for the Utilization of Home Grounds by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898), “Persons who follow the entertaining writings of Mr. A. B. Tarryer (a pseudonym for a …
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Garden fairies here! Happy First Day of Spring to all the clumsy big feet people, or CBF’s as we like to call all the gardeners. We call all you gardeners CBF's because it seems that whenever you …
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This is not the time, place, or season for rabbit holes, for diving deep into old, often long forgotten, gardening books from a century ago. It is not. The days are getting longer and warmer, and …
Should I be concerned that not just one person, but two people left this comic strip from yesterday's newspaper on my desk at work? Now why would they leave this particular comic on my desk? "Why", …
Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for March 2011. Here in my central Indiana USDA Hardiness Zone 5b garden, we welcome back Iris danfordiea, who returns after a three year absence. Three …
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Please look quickly at the picture below and write down your first thought. Don't stare at it or study it or ponder it or pore over it. Just look at it and think about what first comes to mind, …
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