Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
When a gardener wraps Christmas presents, she starts out with her stash of wrapping paper accumulated over several years. She lays it out and notices that it has a decidely green and floral look to …
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I saw the first seed display of the season a week and a half ago at a big hardware store, the one that starts with "L". It was sandwiched in between some sorry looking poinsettias and those cardboard …
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I found this rare nest on my front porch and I'm watching it to see what or who hatches. Could it be the nest of a partridge or a turtle dove? Maybe it is French hens or calling birds? Oh, wait, it …
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Show of hands - who got some snow yesterday? I hear that out on the East cost they didn't get "some" snow, they got a bunch of snow. And even saying "a bunch of snow" is probably an …
Dear Members of the Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Old-Time Gardening Wisdom, Lore, and Superstition (SPPOTGWLS or “the Society”), Following is a recap of the recent annual Society …
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It’s nighttime here at May Dreams Gardens, just a few days before winter officially arrives.Shhh… if you decide to venture outside where it is a cold 20 F, please don’t wake up the chickweed, …
