Oct 27, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 27 I was clearing out the veggie garden the other day, pulling up weeds and frosted bean plants. When I reached the middle of the garden, I discovered a row of beets, lost among the wild growth. There weren’t enough beets to feed us for...
Oct 26, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 26 I have a split leaf philodendron (Monstera deliciosa) that came from my mother’s plant, which was a cutting off of the philodendron that my grandmother got in the 1950’s. The plant in my mother’s apartment is much fuller, and clearly...
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...
Oct 23, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 23 This summer, fur balls came to my garden, and I’m not talking about the stuff coughed up by cats. Two nights ago I spoke to a group of Master Gardeners in Rhode Island. As we finished the evening up, they asked what plants I...
Oct 22, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 22 Sometimes we have to put time and effort into something knowing, or hoping at the very least, that it will pay off in the future. Parents will take this approach if they want their kids to be reasonable human beings, and gardeners...
Oct 21, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
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,...
