Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2020. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in Central Indiana, spring has definitely arrived. And so has a cold snap that could bring some frosty …
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Here are the six steps I took to end up with this groundcover growing around the base of my ginkgo tree. You can skip some of the steps, but you cannot skip the last step. Step 1. Grow up with …
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The question of the day on Easter was what to do with all those bags of jelly beans I bought when they first hit the shelves way back before we were even talking about pandemics and self-isolating and …
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are taking this time during what is one of our busiest seasons in the garden to send a message to everyone. First, before we send our message, we …
I've been thinking these past few days about citizens' diaries and especially those written before and during World War II. I was reminded about them after reading Of Mantelpieces and Pansies, an …
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Where to begin? Let's start at the beginning so you can see how this all came about. I decided to cut back my Cotinus, commonly known as smokebush. I have two—'Golden Spirit' and 'Purple …
