Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Have you ever heard of an ‘alpha tree’?My sister had an arborist come and trim some of her trees and he looked through a small wooded area in their back yard to make recommendations on thinning it …
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We've had a killing frost.We know it's over. We know we can't go back.We can't undo the frost.Today in the garden was a time to get started on fall clean up, to pile high the compost and make …
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The day after you plant new trees, do you go out and check them, just to make sure they are still there, to make sure they haven't fallen over or something?You don't? Okay. Never mind.As you walk …
Trees are generally the most expensive and long-lived plants a gardener will buy. Well-chosen, well-placed, and well-planted, they add structure and definition to the rest of the garden and provide …
With just two months to go until Christmas, I'm already picking up hints from my mom and others that I should be putting together a list of what I want for Christmas. Hints like, "what do you want for …
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When plants in my garden don't do as well as expected, I like to figure out why. This year, I planted two containers with Argyranthemum frutescens.I bought the plants from the same garden center where …
