Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Crocus speciosus Garden fairies here! It has been a long time since we posted anything but we are going to make it a short time by posting here now. We are quite excited about how we fooled Carol …
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Bird's Blanket Garden Border I've been reading Agatha Christie mysteries featuring Miss Jane Marple and watching clips of Alfred Hitchcock after watching the movie "Hitchcock" the other night. Do …
Camassia quamash Blue skies touched my garden today and left their color on these flowers. This is quamash, Camassia quamash, a spring-flowering bulb. It grows in Plopper's Field, which …
Double tulips with grape hyacinths The sole purpose of this post is to share this picture with you. It is a picture of a chance encounter with a moment in time in my garden when I was there, …
I watched. I waited. I held my breath. I hoped. I prayed. I planned for crocuses to be blooming in the lawn on Easter. I planned for sunshine and warm-enough-to-be-outside …
Chionodoxa gigantea 'Alba' Little Glory of the Snow, you have no idea what is headed your way. There is snow headed your way. Oh, joy, you will get to live up to your name, though because you …
