Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
From the beginning of time it seems that we have had the desire to build monuments to commemorate great events, like the ends of wars.We have put up statues to remember great leaders and thinkers of …
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Early morning, mid-summer at May Dreams Gardens.It's been an unusually wet summer, with abundant rain just when we needed it, and no really hot days so far.The foxglove are starting to bloom on new …
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When a gardener goes to the zoo, she sees...Bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae)Elephant Ears (Colocasia sp.)Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos)And Eucalyptus Hey, how did that Koala get in the …
Goodbye, Stella (Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’). It’s time for you to go. Life is too short and the garden is too small to give you all the space you are taking.You’ve gone all commercial on me and I …
Do you collect anything? If you do, how did your collection start? Did you sit down and look at a Big Book of Collections and choose something to collect?No, of course you didn’t. Somewhere, somehow, …
Did you ever wonder what goes on in your garden when you aren't looking? Who might be visiting?I went out to the vegetable garden a little bit late this evening, just for a quick check in the last …
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