Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
With temperatures barely reaching 60ºF after much warmer days the week before, I suppose you could call yesterday our dogwood winter. That's what the old timers call a cold day in the spring when …
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I've decided to establish the I Love Dandelions Society. What are the society's goals? To encourage the use of the dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) as a suitable and highly desired ground cover for …
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The redbud in this picture is a weed. This has been a marvelous growing season for weeds, has it not? I feel like I can't turn my back on a flower border or vegetable garden bed for more than two …
I know why there are weeds in the garden... To remind me... ...To be thankful I can kneel in the garden and then stand back up without pain. ...To be thankful I can grip with my hands, ....To be …
I also weeded in Ploppers' Field this weekend I started mowing as I always do. Next to the driveway by the bed which borders the part of the garage that was built for storage. I headed east a …
Thistle growing up thru a rose I quite admired the audacity of the gigantic thistle which had the good fortune to germinate at the base of one the few roses in my garden and grow tall enough to rise …
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