Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
With a quick glance back to my usual frost-free day of spring and a long-lingering look to my expected first frost day of fall, I got my bearings. Where am I? Right in the middle of the growing …
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Is it just me, or does that sunflower look like a monster's eye peering at whatever is on the other side of the fence? The other side of the fence. Where the neighbors are. All my sunflowers …
I am patiently waiting for the tomatoes to ripen. They seem to be taking their time this year but honestly I don't think they are taking that much more time than usual. If they all ripen at …
Summer squash! Summer squash! More and more summer squash! What would we do without our summer squash? There are stages of summer squash growing. Stage 1 is planting. This is when new …
Meet our latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Hanna Rion, and the recently biography about her life, Hanna Rion: Her Life and Writings by Kitt R. McMaster III. You may rightly ask how she could be …
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I had no idea birds would nibble at the celosia until earlier in the day when I saw a rustling outside on the patio while I was inside. At first I thought it was hummingbirds sipping nectar from …
