Aug 25, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – August 25 There are as many different styles of gardens are there are gardeners, and thankfully, there is no one right way. Some want a landscape that they can keep “under control” (which usually means not too large) while others want plantings...
Aug 24, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – August 24 As you regular readers know, this is the end of our third summer on Poison Ivy Acres. All of the gardens here are new (and frankly, I think they look pretty damn awesome) so the main plantings have been put in the ground and now it’s...
Aug 23, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – August 23 As a gardener, I do love a rainy day, or even several days in a row. Once I feel assured that the storm will deliver that ideal inch-plus over a 24 hour period, I love knowing that the entire landscape has been well watered for the...
Aug 22, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – August 22 In early July I wrote about cutting my ‘Rozanne’ Geraniums down to the ground. They weren’t performing as this perennial should, so I cut them down and planted young Profusion zinnias in the spaces that were created. Within three...
Aug 20, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From Poison Ivy Acres – August 20 Here are five more things I’ve learned from blogging every day, starting from my garden and looking into the rest of life: Some days you do a better job than others. Just as the garden might better tended one year and not...
Aug 19, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – August 19 OK, so we know that daily blogging isn’t a shortcut to weight loss and wealth. Ditto gardening. But there are parallels to be drawn between writing a daily blog, tending a garden and cultivating life. Here are a few things I’m...
