Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Five things I’ve learned so far from working with a garden designer. 1. Lawns should have a shape. 2. It really is nice to come home and find that someone planted something in my garden while …
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I read a Dale Carnegie quote earlier this week and my thoughts turned to gardening, as they always do. Before you read the quote, take a minute to answer this question: Would you rather be an …
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One does not lightly pass up a book with a note on the cover that says “Gardeners owe all to William Robinson” – Henry Mitchell. Nor should one take lightly a book that uses the word “copse” in it, …
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Monday morning… my gardening vacation is over and I am back to work. The first question I’ll be asked is “did you get everything planted?” …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for May 2010. May. I've waited all year for it. Not only is the sky blue, the grass green, and the garden all new again, but the blooms are big here in my USDA …
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Your average American garage contents… probably two cars, a shovel, a rake, a hoe, and a lawn mower, mixed in with some bikes and sports equipment. My garage? No bikes, and for sports equipment I …
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