Mar 31, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 31 I am watching the buds on my trees closely, because they can indicate the hatching of one of this area’s nemeses, the winter moth caterpillar. Soon they will emerge and start eating our maples, blueberries, apples, oaks and other...
Mar 30, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 30 Today was too stormy to work in the garden, but I could have used some meditative weeding, that’s for sure. Did you ever have a day that seems to have a theme to it? Say the morning starts with the carton of eggs falling out of the...
Mar 28, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 28 On February 18th I wrote about how much I miss my homegrown vegetables in the winter, and my idea to grow salad greens in my shed. Today, I’m rejoicing that this scheme worked. We’ve been picking fresh greens for dinner for the last...
Mar 24, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 24 The sun came out today and illuminated all of the fresh green growth that is springing out of the soil. The chives, bulbs and daylilies are spring’s over-achievers…they are taller every day. We love this time of year because it’s...
Mar 23, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 23 At a recent talk I showed an image of Dave and Judy Roger’s garden. With a business name of Art In Green, you know that their property will be beautiful and it is. Much of it is also very low-maintenance because the plantings are so...
Mar 22, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 22 I heard a story on a New York radio station today about how JetBlue has decided to keep its headquarters in New York. The spokesman being interviewed said that there were good opportunities for “co-branding” with New York City....