Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Never give up! It does rain in Indianapolis in the summertime. It is possible for your rain gauge to overflow in one afternoon. Beautiful skies do come in gray.In a brief lull between rain showers …
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I've avoided posting views of my garden this summer that show how dry everything is. Today, however, I'm facing the dryness, showing the dryness, writing about the dryness, embracing the dryness. I'm …
Here's some corn, squash, and beans, the "three sisters" from my garden (though technically they might be three cousins because I grew them in separate raised beds instead of all together).I feel …
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If you were given a choice, would you choose "too dry" or "too wet" in the garden?Is it better to garden around the raindrops, dashing about when the rain finally stops, working in the mud with giant …
It's raining again today and it looks like it is going to rain off and on all day long. In the previous 24 hours, my rain gauge measured one inch or so of rain.So many plants seem happier when it …
We got enough rain today to wash the dust off my umbrella, not nearly enough to catch up from what is being called a "moderate drought".The only plants not really suffering are those in containers, …
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