Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
This post is “weather free”. I will not mention freezing temperatures in April, rainy days, cloudiness, hail, rain, sleet, snow or weather obsessed gardening geeks. In fact, here are five weather …
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There sure is a lot of talk about the weather amongst gardeners, even though we know that talking about the weather won’t change it. In fact, many of us live in a place where everyone says “if you …
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This is the fifth letter in a weekly series of letters that I’m exchanging with. Dee from Red Dirt Ramblings in Oklahoma (zone 7a) and Mary Ann, the Idaho Gardener in Idaho (zone 6) to highlight the …
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I was taught that botanical names include a Genus and a species, and maybe a variety or cultivated variety name.The Genus comes first and is capitalized, followed by the species which is not …
Find a path and follow it to see what’s just around the bend.This particular path is in Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, about 1,098 miles from my garden.I visited it with Annie in Austin and Melissa …
Last fall, I decided to forego planting the usual brightly colored hybrid tulips in favor of species tulips.I still like the hybrids tulips. They are beautiful and showy and make a stunning display …
