Sep 4, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 4 There are times, thankfully, of sudden grace. A moment when despite the chaos, satisfaction, problems, pleasures, undone work and unfulfilled dreams we are suddenly in the moment and all seems just as it should be. Today I walked...
Sep 2, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 2 Today I worked on two projects in the garden. I finished laying patio stones and planted ornamental kale. Looking from the solid walkway/patio to the ‘Peacock’ kale, it struck me that these two activities were pleasing in opposite...
Sep 1, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 1 Last spring I was the keynote speaker at a Master Gardener conference in Western Massachusetts. The topic was Myths, Lies, and All The Latest Dirt. One of the illusions I addressed was that there is an easy way to control weeds....
Aug 30, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
I love to weed. Once I carve out a bit of time and surrender myself to the job, it is a peaceful mediation. Not only a time for contemplation, weeding is greatly satisfying: in just fifteen or twenty minutes I see the results of my efforts. Here is a part of the...
Aug 20, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
I have customers that come into the garden center looking for the perfect shrub. “It should only get three or four feet high, and it has to grow in the shade” they begin, “and it has to be evergreen.” As I start to walk toward the nursery with them, they inevitably...
Aug 18, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, Life's Gardens, my gardens
Recently, a friend asked to see pictures from our trip to Europe. I got my laptop, and we started clicking through the photographs. “Wait….” my friend says, “these are all photos of gardens.” “No,” I reply, here’s one of people doing Tai Chi.” “Yeah, in a garden,” she...
