Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
If you care about having any flowers on your spring blooming trees and shrubs, put down those pruners right now! Look at the buds on this Star Magnolia, Magnolia stellata. I see these big fat flower …
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When? When will I remember that I should always take my camera with me wherever I go? You just never know when you'll encounter something unusual and want to take a picture of it.Today, instead of …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for November! Continuing with the tradition started in February, I'm posting my blooms for the fifteenth of the month and invite others, both gardeners and …
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Some gardeners might think that all viburnums are great big shrubs and they are intimidated by their size.Size, and thinking that most viburnums are great big shrubs, is not be a good reason to not …
The smaller the garden, the more we look for plants that provide more than one season of interest. As one of my college professors used to say, two weeks of glory may not be enough to justify planting …
I may have violated a basic tenet of gardening yesterday. The one about "pay attention to the weather forecast". Or maybe it was the one about "make hay while the sun shines, strike while the iron is …
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