Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Colleen at In the Garden Online suggested that we should encourage new gardeners by showing them the ugly parts of our gardens.You know, the parts we carefully edit out of our pictures before posting …
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You can experience a lot of different emotions in just a few minutes in the garden.For a few minutes, I was so happy in my garden.I saw that my candy lilies are starting to bud out. These were little …
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Seven things about my garden and other thoughts that have to do with the number seven, posted on a day of sevens.7.1 There are seven different kinds of hostas planted in my miniature garden. I bought …
What does a gardener wish for when she plants a tree? Just a little shade for her hammock so she can while away the day and dream about her garden.Here's the view from the hammock...And if you lay in …
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Is it just me, or do the coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) seem to have a little deeper color this year? I wonder if it is due to the lack of rainfall?Wait, I wasn't really out in the garden to take …
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The neighborhood garage sale is tomorrow and as one of my sisters pointed out in a comment on another post, that is why we are expecting scattered strong storms and thunderstorms tomorrow …
