Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Postmark: Garden Bloggers' Summer Camp, Buffalo, New York July 11, 2010 Dear Family, Hello to all from Garden Bloggers Summer Camp, also known as Buffa10. I am having a great time and can’t believe …
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Buffalo, New York. The quintessential snow storm city, forever pictured in the minds of out-of-towners as a place where snow is ever present. Forget about all of that! Now it's Buffalo, New …
Is a garden ever complete without a water feature? Goodness, no. So I’m now looking for a new water feature, most likely a fountain of some kind, to add to my garden and new patio, to help complete …
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When a gardener flies on an airplance, leaving her garden just as the corn is tasseling, the tomato hornworms are threatening, and it is so hot that by mid-morning every plant wants to be the shade, …
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Pardon the dust on the hydrangeas, but the "patio guys" cut a lot of pavers to create this work of art that I call "the new patio" and it kicked up quite a bit of dust. But now they are done and I …
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I went on a search for all the verses of “The Diehards”, a poem by Ruth Pitter published in 1941 in a book of her poems called “The Rude Potato”. I had read little snippets taken from the poem, which …
