Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I am pleased to present the World's Shortest Fall Garden To Do List. It's really rather simple. Leave the garden in the fall how you want to find it in the spring. That's it. Just do …
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Don't even think that as soon as fall arrives in the garden this Sunday you'll make a hasty retreat and head inside to think about Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas celebrations. This is no time to …
Aster hiding in the Amsonia There comes a time in the fall when every gardener who gardens in a climate with a true winter season with snow and ice and, well, winter, must decide. Cut down …
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The asters are in full bloom today, September 29th, the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel, which is observed by some Christian traditions. In my garden, it is observed by remembering to call the …
A new season of gardening is upon us. Fall. And with fall comes another secret to achieving happiness in your garden. This secret is one that people have been told time and again, but …
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Early Fall is the New Spring. After three months of the hottest, driest days I've ever experienced as a gardener, we finally had some good rains a few weeks ago and everyone breathed a collective …
