Jan 19, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 19 I started out the morning with one of those irritable exchanges that married people sometimes have. My husband was annoyed about the grapes being not being good, and said something cross since I was the one who purchased them. This...
Jan 18, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 18 I’m about to place my seed orders, and as I look through the catalogs, I come across names of plants that I’ve tried to grow in years past. While I’ve had good success with the majority of my seed sowing, still, there have been many...
Jan 17, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 17 I gave a talk at Country Garden today, about great plants for Cape Cod. Throughout this presentation I spoke about the importance of putting a plant in a situation that it will grow well. The right plant in the right place, we garden...
Jan 15, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 15 It was in the mid-forties today, and the snow began disappearing. The ice on the driveway that I’ve so carefully stepped across when walking The Dog is gone…yes! It’s not the end of winter, and there are still white mounds where the...
Jan 14, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 14 I received two plant catalogs this week, one from Heronswood, and one from Plant Delights Nursery. I put the former aside, and immediately opened the latter. Truthfully, I can hardly bear to look at the Heronswood catalog since it is...
Jan 12, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 12 I’ve been having an email conversation with Lois se Vries, another garden writer who is interested in cultivating a meaningful life, beginning in the garden. I’m pleased to hear about her blog, and wish her well…the more of us that...
