“Looking for inspiration and relaxation? It’s all in your own backyard.”
Report From PIA – March 30
Today was too stormy to work in the garden, but I could have used some meditative weeding, that’s for sure.
Did you ever have a day that seems to have a theme to it? Say the morning starts with the carton of eggs falling out of the refrigerator and shells and [...]
Report From PIA – March 27
I have to get this posted fairly quickly, because in thirty minutes it will be Earth Hour, and I will turn off my laptop and all of the lights in the house. My husband jokingly asked if we could use our computers on battery, and I shook my head. We’ll [...]
Report From PIA – March 14
In today’s New York Times Magazine there is an article by Peggy Orenstein about the number of women who are not only raising vegetables but keeping chickens as well. The title of this article is: The Femivore’s Dilemma.
After reading this piece I decided that the issue raised goes way beyond [...]
Report From PIA – March 13
I was at the grocery store today, and when I handed my debit card to the cashier, she recognized my name. “Weren’t you just on the radio?” she asked, “I listen to your show all the time.”
I answered yes, that the station was only about a mile from the store. [...]
Report From PIA – March 5
It was sunny in central Wisconsin today, but I understand that it was snowing at Poison Ivy Acres. Throughout the country, be the skies clear or cloudy, we are all itching for spring. Yes, we want to go out without coats, see bulbs in bloom and prepare for summer gardens. [...]
Report From PIA – February 28
I was going through some photos today and came across one taken in Pat Dyke’s garden. On the side of her flower garden she’d placed the chair, pictured below. When I saw her garden for the first time, it made me smile, and the picture continues to delight me today.
Here [...]
Report From PIA – February 26
I walked The Dog about 6:30 this morning, and when we got down to the lake, I saw that the ice had disappeared. “Rapid progress is possible,” I thought. A message, from Spring to me.
This reminded me of the time in the 1980’s when I was in a spiritual study [...]
You’re Invited!
What: A Garden Party
Where: In Your Own Backyard
When: Whenever it’s pleasant to be outside.
Directions: Come into the garden… and bring your entire self.
Bring your talents and your disabilities. Bring your love of adventure.
Bring your preconceptions, and your readiness to let all such expectations go.
Come to your garden with willingness; you, in your totality.
Be willing to work. Be willing to [...]
Report From PIA – February 11
We gardeners are all about transformation. We believe we can take a patch of weed-filled earth (let’s face it – there is seldom bare soil) or a boring lawn, and turn it into a foliage and flower-filled delight. My husband and I, for example, turned the ordinary turf entry to [...]
Report From PIA – January 29
Yesterday I was writing about something we gardeners frequently repeat: right plant, right place. These four words sum up the wisdom of placing a plant in the conditions where it will thrive. Shade plants in the shade, those that like moisture in a wet location etc.
The phrase right plant, right [...]
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