Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Don't assume I've grown every flower you can grow in my hardiness zone just because I've been gardening pretty much my entire life in the same zone. For example, I just started to grow what I …
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Cutting the seed heads off my Amsonia is the worst gardening job of the season. And I did that job today. What makes this the worst gardening job of the season is the sap hidden in those …
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What do you mean, I didn't plant this? This is none other than the nicest clump of fleabane, (probably Erigeron annuus), a common weed, that I've ever grown. It's blooming in the garden, acting …
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Tucked in a little triangle of ground between the house and a little path of pavers I made to get to the hose spigot, I found some ice plants, Delosperma, blooming the other day. I know I did not …
I love being on time, which means being just a few minutes early. I do not like the opposite of being on time, which is being late.So I am happy to see the colchicums are right on time, maybe a …
Years and years ago, going back to the beginnings of this current garden, I purchased seeds for a flower called candy lilies.At the time I bought the seeds, the candy lily was considered an …
