Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Rain UpdateThe official recorded rainfall yesterday in Indianapolis was 2.2 inches, but in my own rain gauge, I measured closer to 3 inches of rain. The 2.2 inches set a new record for rain on August …
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Dear Garden Journal,Today, I harvested some 'Concord' grapes. You remember grapes, don't you? Sure you do! I first wrote about grapes on your pages in March 2003 when I put in the grape arbor and …
I've avoided posting views of my garden this summer that show how dry everything is. Today, however, I'm facing the dryness, showing the dryness, writing about the dryness, embracing the dryness. I'm …
I have a theory about what happens to good intentions.You know how when you are driving home from work, and you make that mental list of everything you are going to do when you get home? Then you get …
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Here's the little begonia that could... that could germinate from a seed that landed in a crack between two bricks in my patio and then bloom.I haven't had begonias planted anywhere near this spot for …
Here are ten suggestions on what to do when the squash days come to an end and it's too hot to garden.10. Harvest tomatoes. I picked another dozen tomatoes this evening but left the cherry tomatoes to …
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