Jan 1, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 1 Professional gardeners and garden writers/speakers frequently talk, write and speak about “winter interest”. Part of me finds this topic completely annoying, yet I can only partially justify my irritation. I must admit that the idea...
Dec 31, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – December 31 Back in the day I hated New Year’s Eve. It seemed that people would get together simply for forced merriment. So some thirty-five years ago I, my husband and friends started gathering for a stay-at-home turning of the year....
Dec 30, 2009 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – December 30 Every time I write a new post to this blog, I’m asked for the “tags” that best describe it. This is something to do with search engines, I’m sure. Two of those tags that are most frequently used are “growth” and “flexibility”, with...
Dec 28, 2009 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – December 28 I did a few home repair/installation projects today, and once again marveled at how many trips to the basement are required for such things. It’s the same in gardening…when I’m ready to plant containers, say, or work in the...
Dec 27, 2009 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – December 27 As I look out over Poison Ivy Acres this morning, I see that the snow is melting. It doesn’t look like winter, but it damn sure isn’t spring. When I was young it would start snowing around Thanksgiving and the ground would be white...
Dec 25, 2009 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – December 25 I love holidays because they bring people together, and usually these gatherings involve food. A conversation with a dinner guest last night, and a facebook post by Kelly Norris, started me thinking today about the connection...
