Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Chionodoxa sp. As the crocuses fade in the back lawn, the Chionodoxa ("key-own-a-dox-ah") are beginning to bloom and they'll be in bloom for Easter Sunday. Exactly as I planned! In preparation for …
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Iris reticulata anxiously await Spring's arrival in the garden Spring arrives today at 6:45 pm EDT. If you want to be sure Spring comes to your garden, you absolutely must run out right now and …
Ah yes, the blooms of early spring. It's time for them to appear, now that it's March 1st. In this first picture, the snowdrops are making their appearance, but it is under the cover of snow. They …
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Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have decided to post on this blog to talk about the weather and in particular the end of winter. Is winter ever going to end? We ask ourselves …
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First Snowdrop, January 24, 2015 Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have been watching this blog wondering if anyone was going to post anything and we didn't see anyone posting …
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One of Summer's delightful flowers. Dearest Summer, I feel compelled to write to you after your absence these last several months, to tell you how much I miss you and how I long for your return. I …
