Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we would like to take a minute to discuss waxed amaryllis bulbs. We had heard of these waxed bulbs long before Carol brought three of them into the …
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I think tulips age rather gracefully, don't you? Some flowers go from pretty to "oh-dear-where-are-the-pruners-we-must-cut-off-these-ugly-dead-flowers-right-now" in a matter of a day or so. But not …
Whenever I see the first crocuses blooming in the lawn in late winter, I exhale in relief. I can relax now. I can relax knowing the squirrels or chipmunks or voles or whatever did not eat all these …
I looked out the window a few days ago and surveyed the back garden. Within seconds, I saw the gleaming white of a lone snowdrop in bloom. Lovely readers, we simply do not have snowdrops blooming …
Every year, for the past seven or eight years, I've been planting Crocus corms and glory-of-the-snow bulbs in my back lawn. This year, I planted 1,000 crocus corms, Crocus tommasinianus and another …
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Would you like to freak out your non-gardening neighbors? Would you like to have them think that you have a green thumb that is so green you can make spring flowers bloom in the fall? Or maybe they …
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