Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Earlier this summer, my sister called to tell me that they while cleaning out the attic, they found an old box labeled “gardening stuff”. “Would you like to come over and take a peak inside to see …
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I'll admit I was excited when I learned that there were several more secrets to achieving happiness in your garden other than first five secrets I had discovered so long ago. I was on high alert. I …
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I have discovered five more secrets to achieving happiness in your garden. One evening earlier this fall, I was sitting in the quiet of the garden lazily looking at nothing in particular when I …
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I love to plant the little bulbs, especially now that I’ve realized how useful my rockery trowel is for planting them. I plunge the trowel into the ground, push it forward a bit and then as I pull it …
I sometimes wonder if the neighbors think I’m growing poison ivy on the side of my house. “Leaves of three, let it be.” This is Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-low’, Fragrant Sumac. It has leaves of three …
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There are days when you should just hang your shovel up, put the wheelbarrow back in the garage, and go inside to water houseplants. There are days when everywhere you dig to plant bulbs seems like …
