Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Did you ever gather with a group of gardeners, knowing they were all gardeners, and just start chatting about gardening?Multiple conversations go on at once and you join in some and just listen to …
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I have decided to undertake a little project to catalog all the plants in my garden this summer.I know! Such excitement and anticipation to see an entire catalog of all my plants here at May Dreams …
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What a day yesterday was here at May Dreams Gardens. I'll be putting a big green star next to it in my garden journal so I won't forget in years to come the feeling of gratitude for all the good …
April ends with the first harvest from the vegetable garden.This evening, I thinned out the lettuce and filled a bowl with the "thinnings", which included several kinds of lettuce plus some spinach. I …
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What a difference a year can make in a garden and in a life.Last year, this crabapple, Malus'Guinevere' got frozen out and bloomed rather pathetically, almost painfully.This year, she is back to her …
Spring time can be overwhelming for a gardener. New buds, new blooms, new leaves, and new sprouts all shout out to the gardener "It's spring! Get busy!"And so we get busy! Digging, pruning, planting, …
