Feb 4, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 4 Today at the New England Grows event I attended a Garden Writers of America regional meeting. This group, the GWA, is poorly named as the members are not only writers, but photographers, speakers and other garden communicators. That...
Feb 3, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 3 I’m attending New England Grows, a green-industry trade show in Boston. I heard Bill Cullina speak this afternoon, and attended a tweet-up this evening, and once again find that almost magically events come together for this blog. I...
Feb 2, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 2 I often remark that like many garden communicators, I keep several balls in the air. Writing books, or speaking, isn’t usually enough to make a living. So like many of my fellow writers who focus on gardens, I do other things. In my...
Feb 1, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – Feb 1 Every time I pull into the driveway I see the fence we constructed to hide some utility boxes. OK, OK… we didn’t build them, my husband did. This barrier does the job, but the shape of it bothers me. It kind of screams, “Structure to hide...
Jan 31, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 31 I’m at the six-month mark in my commitment to post a Report From PIA every day. It was cold outside today, but the sky was a clear blue and the sun, still low in the sky, lit up every plant that hasn’t gone to ground for the winter....
Jan 29, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 29 Yesterday I was writing about something we gardeners frequently repeat: right plant, right place. These four words sum up the wisdom of placing a plant in the conditions where it will thrive. Shade plants in the shade, those that...
