Feb 22, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 22 My husband says that the birds are singing spring songs in the morning, and although I believe him, the landscape tells me that spring is not around the corner. I see open water on the lake, but the part of the pond that abuts...
Feb 21, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 21 Continuing on from yesterday’s post about horse manure and intransigence, I’m thinking today about the courage to say that you might be wrong, and move forward. It’s difficult for all of us to admit that we haven’t succeeded or that...
Feb 20, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Pet Peeves, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 20 When I was preparing to leave after my talks at Sullivan Renaissance today, a woman stopped me in the atrium. “Can I ask you a question?” she said. “What do you think of horse manure?” I told her that I thought that any manure was...
Feb 19, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 19 I sat around the dinner table tonight with a group from Sullivan Renaissance, and we shared stories, experiences, talk of movies to watch for (the documentary Catfish) and good books recorded on CD. There was also some discussion...
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...
Feb 17, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 17 I recently learned that one of my favorite gardening magazines is celebrating its 20th anniversary. I’m talking about GreenPrints, published by Pat and Becky Stone. This prompted a realization that this publication is a great deal...
