Sep 14, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 14 Now that it’s September, I look out on the lakeside perennial border and see that I’ve misplaced three groups of plants. I planted the Calamagrostis ‘Avalanche’ in the back, Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ in the center, and Aster ‘Lady...
Sep 12, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 12 It has been a wet day, complete with torrential downpours and thundershowers. My dog is a quivering mess, and I’ve spent most of the day not writing. I’d planned on weeding today. I’ll be speaking to a group of master gardeners...
Sep 10, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 10 Here I am, ten days into my desire to explore how my garden is connected to everything else, and I’m already impatient. This morning I wrote down what I wanted to accomplish today, and it was an impossibly long list. According to...
Sep 9, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 9 The world would be a different place if everyone gardened. To plant a garden is to become skilled at leaps of faith, adaptability and good humor in the face of disaster. This year the weather in the Northeast was cool and rainy,...
Sep 8, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 8 My husband gave me a card today that quotes Nelson Eddy: “We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in-between we garden.” Nicely put, Nelson! Today, I was planting like crazy, but not in the ground. I sent an article to a...
Sep 5, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 5 Paths are of prime importance in a garden. They are functional, yes, a way to get from one part of the property to the other, and a means of carrying new plants in and weeds out. Paths are important in the design of a garden as...
