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Report From PIA – March 9
I was parked next to the Osterville Library today as a landscape crew was doing their spring cleanup. When I pulled into the space the noise from the leaf blowers was so loud I was afraid for my hearing should I step out of the car. The man who was [...]
Report From PIA – March 4
One of my favorite tender container plants is Euphorbia ‘Sticks of Fire’. I’ve had it in a pot for about six years, putting it out in the summertime and inside for the winter. As I drive around my hometown today, and read emails about last night’s blog, I thought of [...]
Report From PIA – November 21
Although still plagued by a heavy-duty head cold that had me feeling totally sorry for myself, I spent a few minutes in the garden today. Most of the time I was keeping my husband company, i.e. watching him work. But before coming into the house to be closer to my [...]
Report From PIA – November 19
You know how you can go for years without being aware of a particular plant, word, product, or person, and suddenly, once you find out about it/him/her, you see this plant, word or name everywhere?
It’s like the time six years ago that my brother-in-law-once-removed, John Korman, asked me if I [...]
Report From PIA – November 16
Does being a gardener mean you’re better able to accept change? Please, God, let it be true.
I spent the entire day with elderly neighbors, driving off-Cape to pick them up, then driving them back to the Cape to visit another assisted living facility, then returning them back across the bridge. [...]
Report From PIA – October 24
This is what I did in my garden today: I gathered all of the piles of brown peony foliage that I cut out of the lake-side perennial bed yesterday, and loaded them into the garden cart. Then I pulled the cart up to the brush pile and dumped it. Oh… [...]
Report From PIA – October 21
In the old days I used to be a weaver. I wove art pieces, clothing, wall hangings, and home furnishings, enjoying the process of blending the colorful and varied yarns together.
Today there were echoes of the weaving process, although my hands never touched a loom. It was a day that [...]
Report From PIA – October 18
Today I read a news report about the people who died after spending time in a sweat lodge. The article I read said that those in the lodge were on a “spiritual warriors” retreat.
It is horrible when anyone who is seeking spiritual clarity or growth dies in the process, and [...]
Report From PIA – September 29th
Since I decided to post a new Report From PIA every day, every morning I wonder what in creation I’m going to write about in the evening. Every day and every blog is a leap of faith.
The magical thing is that not only has this regular post made me [...]
It is the end of October and we are planting bulbs at Poison Ivy Acres. Lots of bulbs. Today we put in 330 Narcissus bulbs – several varieties. Most of the bulbs we planted were from Brent and Becky’s Bulbs and boy was I impressed with them. We’d placed a large order with Brent [...]