May 28, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 28 When I got home tonight, I told my mother-in-law that I was going outside to do some planting. “Oh, please don’t,” she said. “You must be tired…you worked with plants all day.” She was right – I was at the garden center, and doing...
May 27, 2010 | Garden Prayer, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 27 When we’re busy just keeping up with all of life’s necessities it’s easy to forget to work on thoughtful growth. At this time of year even my gardening can become a matter of checking things off the to-do list. Today I watered plants,...
May 25, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 25 When people come into the garden center, they are frequently looking mature, ready to bloom plants. Those tiny annual Salvia, or the young stalks of Baptisia aren’t very compelling to many shoppers. The majority of those looking for...
May 24, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 24 I have so much to do, and little time to do it all in. I’m so very blessed. There are tomato plants waiting to go into the ground, mulch to be spread and weeds to pull. No rain is forecast in the coming week so I need to be sure those...
May 23, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 23 Today I planted annuals in the bed at the base of the drive. Last fall I smothered the grass in this area with newspapers and mulch. Today I scraped aside what was left of the papers and dug holes for the annuals. Not all of the digging...
May 22, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 22 OK, not for all gardens, of course. I’m in love with perennials, shrubs and trees, not to mention houseplants, mosses, lichens and…well, you get the idea. But there are times when annuals are indeed the solution. I have an area at the...
