Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
It’s a bit too cold to sit on the porch these days, so come on in and let’s talk about what we’ve learned about watering cans so far this week.We now know that many gardeners have more then one …
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According to William Bryant Logan in "The Tool Book","The watering can looks like an ancient tool, but the first mention of it in the Oxford English Dictionary dates only from 1692. More than a decade …
I declare November 12th to be Do Nothing in the Garden Day.Because I still have a lot of garden clean up to do, I've been feeling pressure to get out there in whatever daylight is left when I get home …
It was a dark and stormy night…It was Halloween night.As I walked along the garden path, dry leaves crunching beneath my feet, I thought I heard the sounds of someone else walking through the garden. …
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I am pretty sure that those gardeners who garden in climates where there is no killing frost, no forced dormancy, no real end to a gardening season, secretly envy those of us who have gardens that die …
Dear Esteemed and Potential Members of the Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Old-Time Gardening Wisdom, Lore, and Superstition (SPPOTGWLS or “the Society”),I, your self-appointed society …
