Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day here at May Dreams Gardens! What a mess August has made of my September blooms! Well, it isn't all of August's fault, some of the blame lies with the first two …
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It's amazing, sometimes, that the leaves don't all get blown out of the trees when the wind blows like this.But the leaves are hanging on, not yet ready to change colors, to fall off the trees, to …
The last four weeks have been as dry as any four weeks that I can remember for quite some time. Well, at least since last summer's moderate drought.It was so dry that until this evening, the last time …
It is with great pride that I introduce d'Artagnan, my college-attending niece's new plant.It's a Madagascar Dragon Tree, Dracaena marginata, and "he", as my niece refers to this plant, now lives on …
"Has the jury reached a verdict?"Yes, we have Your Honor.We, the jury, find the cable channel HGTV guilty of using the word “Garden” in its name without having adequate programming related to …
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There's a whole lot of "someone oughta" going on around my garden these days.The days are decidedly cooler and nighttime temperatures are dropping to around that 50 F mark tonight.So, someone oughta …
