Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Mystery! Intrigue! What is down there? Down there is yet another garden design element that I want to find in my garden. This particular grate at the Dallas Arboretum most likely functions as a …
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Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' After completing extensive research, mostly from years of buying shrubs, I’ve noted five types of shrub buyers. The Researcher: The researchers know exactly what shrubs they …
It’s late August and our thoughts turn to buying bulbs to plant this fall for spring flowers next year. With the garden design in progress, an overall busy summer, and a garden so dry that it seems …
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It takes guts to garden under tough situations (GUTS). Where we garden, whether it is on the edge of the Arctic Circle or the middle of the Mojave Desert or some place in between can make it tough …
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, This past week we got to experience something that hasn’t happened around here in years. Years, I tell you. Unfortunately that something was …
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Back in the day, the college daze that is, I took two entomology classes. I took the first one because I was required to. Then I took the second one because I wanted to. Insects, as it turned out, …
