Feb 24, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 24 Driving home after having dinner with a friend, I thought about the subject for today’s blog. “What’s here, in this day?” I asked myself. I truly believe that every hour, incident, and day contains information and inspiration that...
Feb 23, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 23 Gardeners soon learn that they need to be able to say, “No, you can’t grow here.” Some plants self-seed prolifically, for example, or wild trees, shrubs and weeds are oh-so-willing to sprout throughout the garden. We need to be able...
Feb 21, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 21 Continuing on from yesterday’s post about horse manure and intransigence, I’m thinking today about the courage to say that you might be wrong, and move forward. It’s difficult for all of us to admit that we haven’t succeeded or that...
Feb 20, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Pet Peeves, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 20 When I was preparing to leave after my talks at Sullivan Renaissance today, a woman stopped me in the atrium. “Can I ask you a question?” she said. “What do you think of horse manure?” I told her that I thought that any manure was...
Feb 9, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 9 A snowstorm is predicted for tomorrow, with a total accumulation of 5 to 9 inches. Some forecasters say more, of course, because when they hype total snow amounts that means that people will keep watching or listening to their...
Feb 1, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – Feb 1 Every time I pull into the driveway I see the fence we constructed to hide some utility boxes. OK, OK… we didn’t build them, my husband did. This barrier does the job, but the shape of it bothers me. It kind of screams, “Structure to hide...
