Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
I wonder how we got to "compromise" in the fall garden so quickly? I blame the unusual summery days of October when warmer than normal temperatures lulled me into believing there was a lot of time …
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We say them a lot this time of year, the two most hopeful words in all of gardening. These two words spur us to action. They revive our summer-weary souls. They lift our spirits. They give us …
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To many gardeners, "frost" is a four-letter word, even in the fall of the year. Merely hinting that there is a chance of frost or whispering "frost" sends some gardeners scrambling to cover their …
If you don't fall in love with your garden all over again in the fall, then perhaps you don't love your garden at all? It's easy to love a garden in the springtime when every plant seems fresh and …
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'Tis the season of the Pawpaw and I've been going out every day, sometimes twice a day, to check on the fruit on one of my little pawpaw trees. What? You've never heard of our native fruit tree, the …
The conundrum was how to do enough clean up to make it look like someone regularly tends this garden without doing all the clean up so there would be something to clean up once they came. Such was my …
