Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
It’s a little bit chilly this evening, but with a jacket, a hat, and some gloves, it’s pleasant enough to sit on the porch and enjoy the crispness in the air.These crisp fall days are numbered. Rain …
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There are some gardeners who claim that they do little to no fall clean-up. They make it sound quite virtuous to let nature do its thing through fall and winter. They want us to believe that once the …
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Is hoeing becoming a lost skill amongst gardeners? A dying art? A forgotten trade?In my most recent survey of readers who visit this blog, it turns out that out of 100 respondents, only 13 have more …
Winters going to happen again, summer is over, so let's just move things along, shall we. Let there be a killing frost.Then it can warm up again for a few days, but not get too warm, while I clean up …
One of the benefits of not weeding is seeing volunteer petunia seedlings blooming amongst the dried up corn stalks on a beautiful October day.These petunias are almost exactly the color of the …
There was a time when I had written off petunias. They seemed to be such a bother.To keep them blooming, you had to deadhead them all the time. And they were so sticky, it wasn't like you could just …
