Oct 7, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Pet Peeves, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 7 I’ve done a number of consultations this season where the homeowner is worried that their plants have gotten “out of control.” Usually they’re talking about shrubs and trees that are growing to be their normal, genetically determined...
Oct 6, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 6 Since beginning of my daily Report From PIA, I have kept my eyes, ears and heart open, waiting to find what I should write about. Thankfully, every day something has appeared that said, “Yes! Write about this.” At 6 PM I thought that...
Oct 4, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 4 Today I celebrated the harvest. I started the day by reading the posts on a couple of the blogs links on this page. I clicked on Coffee and Chemo, and Toto, finding that each post was about the Jewish celebration of Succot. After...
Oct 3, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 3 Today it rained as if God was trying to float Noah’s ark. Needless to say, not much gardening was done. Rainy days are excellent times for reflection, however, not to mention doing those I’ll-get-to-that-someday jobs such as sorting...
Sep 30, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 30 Visiting other gardens, as I did at the GWA conference recently, makes me dream of adding certain plant combinations or structures to my gardens. “I want that on my property,” I find myself thinking, or “Oh! I have to make an arbor...
Sep 29, 2009 | Garden Prayer, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
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...
