Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Copse - a thicket of small trees or shrubs Thicket - a dense growth of shrubs or undergrowth Grove - A small growth of trees without underbrush Forest - A dense growth of trees, plants and …
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New in my garden, Diervilla lonicera. A native shrub, one of its common names is Northern Bush Honeysuckle. It's on Indiana's threatened and endangered list, where it is noted as …
The garden designer returns tomorrow morning with trees to plant the copse in the backyard. Did you note that? Tomorrow. The garden designer returns. To my garden. I made myself up a little …
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A guest post by the garden fairies... We garden fairies have some extremely important extra exciting news to share, which has caused us to write yet another guest post. This will be our third …
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Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Do you know how long it takes to shell eight cups of peas? I do! I can tell you from my own experience that it takes about an hour, and that’s …
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"Splayed" is not a term I like to use to describe a plant in my garden. It implies that either that plant has a poor habit of floppy its branches out from the center -or- that I am a lazy …
