Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Lean in real close if you want in on a wildflower secret. Closer. Now look behind you to make sure no one is reading over your shoulder. After all, I wouldn’t want just anyone to find out this …
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Deep in the forest, across the creek, there is an area that will soon be underwater, once the trees are cut down and a new dam is built. There is where I looked for some spring ephemerals, flowers …
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Forb n. A broad-leaved herb other than a grass, especially one growing in a field, prairie, or meadow. ~~~~~ I met with the garden designer and the hort enabler Monday evening to go over plant …
Updated 01/31/2011 -- The lucky winner is Jenna Z. If you didn't win and would like to try again, please visit Cold Climate Gardening where Kathy is also sponsoring a giveaway of seeds from Botanical …
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When I was studying horticulture in college, I was required to take a class in entomology. Ick. Bugs. It was a course I dreaded but the university decreed that I must learn about insects. The …
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We have reached the days of summer when we can catch a glimpse, if we squint into the glare of the hot sun, at what our gardens could become if we left them alone to fend for themselves. Because we …
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