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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 18
There is one serious drawback to having a vegetable garden: It is so satisfying to go into the garden at 5:30 or 6 PM and pick dinner, that having to buy fresh lettuce and other produce in the winter absolutely sucks.
So for the past month I’ve been making plans for [...]
Report From PIA – January 23
Nonna’s party was fantastic this afternoon, and all went exceedingly well. I’m extremely tired, so am leaving you with a garden inspiration before I collapse. It’s a photo I took of a low-maintenance, drought tolerant container. Perfect for an area where you forget to water, or for those who forget [...]
Report From PIA – January 7
Today I was looking at photos from the Garden Writers Association trip to Portland, and came across these photos taken at the Chinese Garden there. I’ve always loved the look of paper tags in a garden; I like how they look, whether they hold prayers and good wishes for the [...]
Report From Pia – December 12
My commitment to blog every day has been a wonderful thing. Yes, there have been a few times when I’ve sat down at the end of the day and thought, “Now what?” There is always something to write about in the garden, of course. The challenge, however, is to try [...]
Report From PIA – December 6
I believe that I’ve mentioned that my husband likes to recycle granite and marble. Last year he discovered that a local stone counter top maker has pallets of “scrap” pieces that are too small for them to bother with. They throw this away, and don’t mind if people take what [...]
Report From PIA – November 29
This morning my husband and I hung bells on the arbor that he finished last week. We designed the arbor to be tall enough, and strong enough, to hold my bell collection. Three of these bells were made from old gas tanks by Provincetown sculptor Michael Kacergis, and the others [...]
Report From PIA – November 20
I have a horrible head cold, so I’m not up to the thought that writing requires. Perhaps, you are thinking, this is a blessing. I can, however, spend a couple of minutes trolling through photo files looking for inspiration, and it didn’t take me long to settle on this one.
I [...]
Report From PIA – November 17
Every once in awhile, I’ll go through the photographs in my files, not searching for anything in particular, but just looking to see what’s there. Invariably, I’ll see something that gives me an idea.
Maybe it’s a plant that I don’t know, or have forgotten about, or a clever way to [...]
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