Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Hyacinths are blooming in the sun room. Winter-time and what's a gardener to do? Well, there's a lot a gardener can do, as it turns out. Here are five things your garden wants you to do this …
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First Snowdrop, January 24, 2015 Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have been watching this blog wondering if anyone was going to post anything and we didn't see anyone posting …
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One of Summer's delightful flowers. Dearest Summer, I feel compelled to write to you after your absence these last several months, to tell you how much I miss you and how I long for your return. I …
Lily of the Valley showing their buds! There are times when, for our own well-being and peace of mind, we should adopt the Doris Day Approach to Gardening. "Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, …
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Forcing blooms in winter. I think each year I won't bother with amaryllis and other flowers forced into winter bloom. After all, I've grown them in the past, I know what they look like, so why …
A few weeks ago Winter shapes a garden like no other season. Winter is why I don't grow camellias, and why I grow lilacs. Winter is why I plant tulips and daffodils, hyacinths and snowdrops. I …
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