Nov 16, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 16 Does being a gardener mean you’re better able to accept change? Please, God, let it be true. I spent the entire day with elderly neighbors, driving off-Cape to pick them up, then driving them back to the Cape to visit another...
Nov 15, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 15 If you’re a gardener, being in the present means focusing on the current moment, while keeping a foot in the past and an eye to the future. This sounds like a balancing act, but really it’s just a matter of taking care of seasonal...
Nov 14, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 14 I was speaking to a woman the other day who is the mother of a three-month-old child. She was talking about the difficulty of getting her son to sleep, and I said, in an offhanded way, “Well, I wish when my first child was born, I...
Nov 13, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 13 I worked at the garden center today, and at one point I went up to the office, where I found Nanette on the telephone. She turned to me as I walked in and asked if I could help the caller. It seemed that a cake maker was on the...
Nov 12, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Pet Peeves, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 12 I worked at the garden center today, and on my lunch break I drove to the bank while eating my lunch and listening to a book on CD. I ate, got the banking done, and heard two chapters in 20 minutes. I was doing several things at...
Nov 11, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 11 Although it’s been a mild fall, there is no doubt that winter is coming. We cleared the cutting garden this week and dug the dahlias…crates of tubers went into the garden shed to dry out before I pack them in newspapers and put them...
