Nov 24, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 24th There are still many plants in the garden that I normally would have cut back long ago, but there they are, a testament to my procrastination. This morning, I decided that I’m glad that I haven’t cleared them out. I like the...
Nov 23, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 23 Last week I was weeding up in the cutting garden, and came across a few Smilax rotundifolia shoots as I worked. This plant is commonly known as bull brier, catbrier or greenbrier, and anyone who fights it on their property comes to...
Nov 22, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 22 Gardeners soon learn that adding a bench or some chairs to a landscape instantly makes it appealing. The solidity of these furnishings contrast well with all of the plants, certainly, but I think there’s a greater reason we respond...
Nov 19, 2009 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 19 You know how you can go for years without being aware of a particular plant, word, product, or person, and suddenly, once you find out about it/him/her, you see this plant, word or name everywhere? It’s like the time six years ago...
Nov 18, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 18 I got a tweet from landscape designer Duncan Brine the other day, commenting that I am on a “philosophical roll” here at Whole Life Gardening. Duncan’s twitter name is @GardenLarge, and I like his grand approach to gardening. Duncan...
Nov 17, 2009 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 17 Every once in awhile, I’ll go through the photographs in my files, not searching for anything in particular, but just looking to see what’s there. Invariably, I’ll see something that gives me an idea. Maybe it’s a plant that I don’t...
