Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Garden designs, as it turns out, often take a break in the summer time, or at least mine is. My last assignment from the garden designer for the garden design was to mull over a list of suggestions …
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As the garden design continues… This week, the garden designer sent me a map of the backyard with the provisional names of each garden area noted on it, and a bulleted list of the ideas and …
Is a garden ever complete without a water feature? Goodness, no. So I’m now looking for a new water feature, most likely a fountain of some kind, to add to my garden and new patio, to help complete …
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Pardon the dust on the hydrangeas, but the "patio guys" cut a lot of pavers to create this work of art that I call "the new patio" and it kicked up quite a bit of dust. But now they are done and I …
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The garden designer and her partner, the hort-abler, returned one evening late this past week to survey the back yard and discuss “what next” in my garden design process. “What next” included a …
It’s been a good week in the garden, graced, even momentarily, by a pair of bluebirds. I don’t know much about birds, but I believe that there are more birds in my garden now that I’m working with a …
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