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Garden Reports and Rejoicing – November 30 As much as I dislike coming home in the dark when it’s only 5 PM, I have to admit that the low sun does bring gifts with the early nightfall. From 2 o’clock on, certain parts of the garden are lit in ways that spotlight particular plants. The [...]
Report From PIA – November 15 If you’re a gardener, being in the present means focusing on the current moment, while keeping a foot in the past and an eye to the future. This sounds like a balancing act, but really it’s just a matter of taking care of seasonal business. The Past: I finished [...]
Report From PIA – November 5 Every day the sun seems to be noticeably lower in the sky. Sunset comes earlier, and because of the angle of the light, the evening landscapes are more dramatic. Today I looked out at the woods around 3:30, and the leaf-carpeted ground was striped with the shadows of trees. [...]
Report From PIA – October 25 When I moved to Poison Ivy Acres, it was pretty much a blank slate. I went about designing my gardens by thinking about these things, in this order: 1. That the gardens make visual sense with the lay of the land and the house that was already here. 2. [...]
Report From PIA – September 4 There are times, thankfully, of sudden grace. A moment when despite the chaos, satisfaction, problems, pleasures, undone work and unfulfilled dreams we are suddenly in the moment and all seems just as it should be. Today I walked outside to take photographs and was suddenly, unexpectedly, in that place. [...]
