Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Mystery Flower I found this flower blooming in my garden. There is just one flower, on one stem. Where in the world did it come from? I didn't buy it. I looked through my notes on trial plants I …
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Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies' The laws of nature can not be broken! You must learn to accept and abide by Mother Nature’s laws to achieve hortus sanus in your garden, or you will find …
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Hortense Hoelove takes over to answer a few questions while I take a brief break from Hortus sanus. Dear Hortense Hoelove, I got up this morning and heard on the news that there was a field …
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Congratulations! You’ve worked hard to get to the top, you’ve paid your dues and sown your seeds and now you are the Chief Gardening Officer of your very own garden. You are in charge. You are the …
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The wilderness on the edge of a Dallas garden. What was your garden before it was a garden? It was a wilderness. If you did nothing in your garden, the weeds, trees, bugs, grasses, animals, would …
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Hortus sanus. Most gardeners recognize hortus sanus when they see it. It is what we want for ourselves, for every gardener. It is what we hope for, plan for, work for, and plant for. …
