Nov 5, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
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...
Nov 3, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 3 It was beautiful today, so after breakfast I headed out to the garden. As I pulled out the frost-killed plants, I noticed some bright green foliage among them. Weeds. Next I went into the vegetable garden, and once again, the weeds...
Nov 1, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 1 Today a simple walk with The Dog led to thinking about a state ban on the sale of common landscape plants, the Buddhist Principle of Right Speech, and the phrase “it seemed like a good idea at the time”. Let me explain. As of 2009,...
Oct 31, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 31 Years ago I worked first as a fiber artist, and then as a graphic artist. I was mildly successful at these pursuits, but the work wasn’t as consistent or as profitable as I wanted it to be. I spent a number of years wondering why the...
Oct 25, 2009 | growing the spirit, my gardens, Report From PIA
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...
Oct 24, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
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...
