Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
A tree's LoV is a long, long time, hopefully I've been thinking about plants. In particular I've been thinking about how long it takes a plant to "deliver its value" once you bring it home and plant …
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Snowdrop blooms in the sun I think gardeners might have a bit of a warped sense of time. We think that February is the longest month of the year. It is four weeks, plus an extra day this year, …
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I was quite pleased to recently purchase a copy of Roy Hennessey's 1961-62 Rose Catalog after reading about it a few days ago in a book of letters between the writers Eudora Welty and William …
A bit of floral flotsam As I stand in the garden, leaning on a hoe, surveying the remains of summer, I turn introspective, as most gardeners do this time of year. Here are five questions I ask …
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I was all set to fill up this post with picture after picture after picture of asters blooming in my garden. But I can't find the files on my computer. Maybe they are still just on the camera? …
My first thought upon seeing this sculpture/planter was "gardens should not be such a burden". Gardens should delight us, teach us, lift us up, and bring joy to our lives. Gardens should not burden …
