Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Iris reticulata Iris reticulata is my favorite early spring flower, this week. It's a resilient little bloomer, able to handle the cold and a bit of snow, which it did a few days ago. Those …
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As soon as the weather warmed again, the crocuses returned. And not just the crocuses. The bees showed up, too. They seemed almost frantic as the went from one flower to another, grabbing all the …
When Carol returned home on Friday and looked out the back door at the garden, she gasped audibly. Were those crocuses blooming already on February 5th? She flung open the door and rushed …
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Amaryllis - picture courtesy of Longfield Gardens If you are the type of person who heads right to the buffet table as soon as you arrive at a party, here’s what’s on the table. The good folks at …
Crocus speciosus I like to think if you blinded folded me and lead me gently to the center of my garden on any given day of the year, and then took off the blindfold, I could look around and tell you …
I can think of no place more magical than a garden, where every hoe and trowel is a magic wand. The magic is there in each petal of each flower as it opens up. It's there in the unfurling of each …
