Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
When you don't know where to start weeding because it seems there are weeds everywhere, where should you start? I have the answer! You should start with the bed or border where there are the fewest …
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It worked! I picked peonies in the bud stage way back in May, stripped off the leaves, wrapped them individually in plastic wrap, then put them in the back of the refrigerator. I peeked at them a …
There are some garden tasks that require you to prepare yourself physically and mentally, to gird your loins. One of those tasks in my garden is cutting back Amsonia tabernaemontana, Bluestar, after …
Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and we are certain if it were not for us, this blog would go dormant faster than a tulip in the springtime. Faster than a lilac in the fall. …
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The sun is shining, the air is cool, and every leaf is dripping with a heavy dew. Such is a morning on one of the last days of spring. Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for June 2019. Here in my …
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40 hours. That's how long it was between the time I had planted every single plant I'd purchased or received to trial this spring and the time I bought two new perennials to plant. That's right, I …
