Feb 28, 2010 | growing the spirit, Inspiration, Report From PIA
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...
Feb 18, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
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...
Jan 23, 2010 | Inspiration, Report From PIA
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...
Jan 7, 2010 | Inspiration, Report From PIA
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,...
Dec 12, 2009 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
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...
Dec 6, 2009 | Inspiration, my gardens, Report From PIA
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...
