Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I originally posted about the backyard garden beds right after they were first outlined by the garden designer. Those beds have been mulched now and the garden seems much different, even without …
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The landscapers like to call it "hardscape", all those walls, patios, paths and other features that help to define the places in between the gardens and give us places to rest and walk. In my …
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I have found a special place in my garden, a spot where I can stop and rest of an evening and look across the lawn, Or gaze up at the sky, Or see up close the plants around me. This place was …
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Five things I’ve learned so far from working with a garden designer. 1. Lawns should have a shape. 2. It really is nice to come home and find that someone planted something in my garden while …
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One does not lightly pass up a book with a note on the cover that says “Gardeners owe all to William Robinson” – Henry Mitchell. Nor should one take lightly a book that uses the word “copse” in it, …
Are you ready, Carol? Ready for what, Dr. Hortfreud? Ready to make the biggest change of all in your garden. Look at the size of those new beds. Those are big, aren’t they, Dr. Hortfreud? The …
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