Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I've been continuing to read bits and pieces of The Flower Garden by Ida D. Bennett, published in 1910. After I posted Bennett's seed buying advice, the genealogy detective gardener, Annie in Austin, …
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Gather round. The fire is slowing burning down, the last embers fading, leaving just enough light for me to make out the writing in an old gardening book, The Flower Garden – A Manual for the Amateur …
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Come along with me, across the frozen field, to a place called Spring. When you look at this picture what is your first thought? a) What a tranquil winter scene! Those deer look so peaceful …
Do you know the proper name for this? The proper name for it is "Potting Tidy". I love having a potting tidy because it makes the whole business of potting up plants neater than say, laying out …
Who will remember that shortly after midnight on January 1, 2011, it poured down rain and it was hard to distinguish the sounds of thunder from the sounds of fireworks being shot off by people in the …
The old rabbit, Ten, stood at the garden gate, leaning on a hoe, at the very spot where he remembered Nine stood a year ago to welcome him. He peered off into the distance for the first sign of that …
