Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
The landscapers like to call it "hardscape", all those walls, patios, paths and other features that help to define the places in between the gardens and give us places to rest and walk. In my …
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What happens to those gloves, pruners, trowels, loppers, dandelion diggers and other assorted gardening tools that disappear in the garden? One minute you are using a tool and then you set it down, …
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The first sweet pea bloom of the season. All I know about plants, I learned from the sweet peas (sort of). Some plants appreciate a little attention when they are starting out, but once they’ve …
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(This is a continuing series of weekly letters exchanged between Dee, who gardens in Oklahoma, and Mary Ann, who gardens in Idaho, comparing how similar and different our gardens are, especially …
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There’s a race going on here in Indianapolis this weekend. Have you heard of it? It’s the greatest spectacle in gardening! It’s the race every gardener runs in their garden on Memorial Day …
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For a brief period of time, I thought I'd lost my new hoe●dag®, the very hoe●dag® I recently reviewed and professed my love for. It happened this evening. I had just finished mowing the lawn and …
