Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Carpe hortus! Seize the garden! This morning, I went for it. I grabbed a shovel, rake and digging fork and cleared out the section of the perennial border that is being taken out to be …
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Some of the plants in my garden are, shall we say, poorly behaved, actually thuggish in some cases. I wonder at times why I haven’t pulled them out by their roots and tossed them to their greater …
Greetings to all members of the Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Old-Time Gardening Wisdom, Lore, and Superstition (SPPOTGWLS or “the Society”) I, your self-appointed Society president …
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Upon close inspection, I find that not all tomato blossoms are the same. In this collage, the top blossom will one day be a ‘Reisetomate’ tomato, a very odd tomato that looks like a bunch of little …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for June 2010. It seems like June is a month when gardeners from all hardiness zones begin to have more plants blooming in common, though we sometimes grow those …
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Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Greetings! As I write this letter, I smell the distinctive, strong scent of my night bloomer, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, which bloomed this …
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