Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
A magical night at May Dreams Gardens. The night blooming cereus, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, bloomed, going from a bud to a fully open flower in just a few hours. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:30 …
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Tonight, the night bloomer is blooming.In just a few hours it will be fully opened, for one magical evening.Update to follow... …
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Patience in the garden is one thing, persistence is quite another.Patience is about waiting, persistence is about not giving up.Last summer, I lamented that I could not get a decent harvest of green …
Did you ever think about how much waiting gardeners do?I'm currently waiting for my sweet corn ears to fill out. I've spent less time obsessing over the corn this year, except for that one day when I …
July in the garden. This is the time when it is too hot to do much about anything in the garden but relax in the hammock and occasionally go out and harvest some vegetables. But the summer flowers …
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The first cherry tomatoes of the season are worth a mention but are hardly worth a ritual to welcome them.These were hiding almost down at ground level but were given away by the light of the evening …
