Jun 24, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – June 24 On my way to a consultation today I passed a triangle planting that caught my eye. First, my attention was captured because there were unusual, specimen trees in this roadside bed, and secondly because there were too many unusual,...
Jun 23, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – June 23 The steps leading down to the lake are filled with self-seeded Alyssum and Verbascum chaixii. Last year it was the grandparents of the current Verbascum along with Violas. This is one of those situations where the plants grow in cracks...
Jun 22, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – June 22 It’s really too bad that we can’t just float over our gardens or lives once in awhile and take in the view from above. I get a taste of this from the second floor balcony, where I can appreciate that the landscape looks completely...
Jun 21, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – June 21 Here’s the best thing about opening your garden up to guests: after it’s over, the beautiful garden is all yours. Today members of the Connecticut Horticultural Society came to Poison Ivy Acres, and they seemed to enjoy what they saw....
Jun 19, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – June 19 So tonight I am celebrating my friend Alan’s birthday party, and was asked if I could record the song that his sons had written. I have a video function on my small pocket Canon so I said yes. When the toasts and tributes started,...
Jun 16, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – June 16 One of the sweetest things about humans is that we like to share the good stuff we’ve created with others. This alone can bring hope when we’re confronted with oil spills, corporate greed and selfish criminality on a daily basis....
