Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
One of the first trees I purchased for my new yard ten years ago was a fruitless Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua). I wasn't actually planning to buy this variety of tree but decided when I saw it …
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I've begun my quest to complete task number 5 on my Saturday To Do list, the one I started last weekend.Task number 5 is "Go buy a tree. Plant a tree". Easier written down than done.There is much to …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day at May Dreams Gardens.This is the tenth month for bloom day which started way back on a cold, snowy February day. I've thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the different …
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My compost bins sit half-emptied, exactly as I left them yesterday. The bin on the right is the one I emptied first, and then I put the top layers of uncomposted material into that bin. Then I moved …
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When the weatherman yesterday said we had a chance of "patchy frost", I didn't catch when. This morning I figured out that "when" was today. These impatiens were slightly touched by the frost.Really, …
I thought it might help those of you who deal with issues of "closure" if I provided some updates on recent events here at May Dreams Gardens.Moles. As it turns out, I am as poor a trapper of moles as …
