Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Clematis 'Pagoda' "Specialising in a hobby of any kind greatly increases its interest, and in the culture of flowers it is desirable to devote oneself more especially to one or two groups of plants, …
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Tulips from last year We must be ready, at a moment's notice, to reach out to the great un-gardened. We must recognize when there is a spark of interest in gardening and growing plants in the great …
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I found a poem today down in a rabbit hole of old gardening books where one author and book leads to another, and another, and then there is a snippet of a poem, and then I find the entire poem. I …
A pansy from another spring, in the past I'm ready! I have seeds. I have new gardening gloves. I have a new hoe. I have increased my knowledge of gardening, finding tidbits and treasures down …
It was Liberty Hyde Bailey who wrote in The Gardener (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925), "Gardening is more than the growing of plants: it is the expression of desire." What do we desire from …
I ordered a special garden catalog a few weeks ago, one that would take me to a place and time I'd never been before - 1931. You can turn to any page in this catalog,"Dreer's Garden Book 1931", and …
