Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for January 2026. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are enjoying a mild winter. There's no snow on the ground, and the frigid …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for December 2025. Here in my USDA Hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are cold and snow-covered, so the only picture I have of the garden was …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for November 2025. If I didn't have the Christmas roses, Helleborus niger, blooming now, this would be a pretty short post. But who am I kidding? It's …
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Welcome, once again, to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day! I walked around the garden on this beautiful, brisk, sunny morning to see what's blooming in mid-October in my central Indiana garden. I'm …
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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2025. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we've entered that messy phase of the garden year. Plants are flopping all …
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Once again, it's the middle of a month and time to report in on the flowers blooming in our gardens. Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day! Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central …
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