Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
" "As the Leaves Turn" is a gardener's soap opera brought to you by our sponsors. When last we left our gardener at the end of episode 2, she had just finished planting more bulbs and was still …
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"As the Leaves Turn" is a gardener's soap opera brought to you by our sponsors. When we left the gardener at the end of Episode 1, she had just received a package from the postman. Now at the …
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"As the Leaves Turn" is a soap opera brought to you by our sponsors. In this soap opera, there are garden fairies in a snit, tree fairies being falsely accused, and pillywiggins counting the last of …
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Don't even think that as soon as fall arrives in the garden this Sunday you'll make a hasty retreat and head inside to think about Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas celebrations. This is no time to …
I have finally come across a phrase to describe those blooms that hang on well past their season or show up after their season is over. Floral flotsam. The season for these blooms, this flotsam of …
Just some pretty flowers from before it dried up here. Earlier this summer I started reading mysteries by Agatha Christie, particularly those that feature Miss Jane Marple as the …
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