Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I have found a special place in my garden, a spot where I can stop and rest of an evening and look across the lawn, Or gaze up at the sky, Or see up close the plants around me. This place was …
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Round squash? Round squash, you ask? Why yes, I am growing some round summer squash this year, thank you for asking. Matter of fact, I’m growing five varieties of round summer squash this year. I …
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Summer has arrived! Or at least it seems like it has arrived. We went from temperatures barely getting to the low 60's last week to a high of …
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Repent, ye gardeners, repent! Repent and pay your penance with hours of weeding for planting, once again, a plant that you had no business planting, that took hold in your garden and while you …
After a day of working in your garden, where you have managed to cover yourself from head to toe with dirt, mud, grass stains, and other stains, how "cleaned up" do you need to be to make one last mad …
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It always starts out so innocently. For several years, in early May, a local garden club has held a plant sale at the home of one of their members, just off a busy road that I drive up and down many …
