Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Begonia 'Gloire de Lorraine' (American Gardening, 1900) Obsessed gardener looking for an old variety of Begonia, 'Gloire de Lorraine'. Described by Buckner Hollingsworth in Gardening on Main Street …
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I will always remember this summer as the summer I discovered Buckner Hollingsworth's books. My first discovery came when a friend and I were browsing in a nearby antique mall. I had gone my way in …
A few weeks ago, three weeks ago as a matter of act, I was sitting in a restaurant at the airport having a little brunch of scrambled eggs, toast, bacon, and fried potatoes before jetting off to …
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This picture is supposed to remind you of a forest. I suddenly have an urge to train chipmunks, wild chipmunks, destructive chipmunks, garden-wrecking chipmunks, how to eat out of my hand. Would you …
In a far corner of my garden, tucked behind a spruce tree, an old pink rose grows rampantly. I give it little attention and mostly forget about it until I see it blooming with abandon in early …
Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and we are as excited as the first crocus of spring to announce we have done something that no garden fairy has ever done. We have written a foreword for a …
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