Nov 18, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 18 I got a tweet from landscape designer Duncan Brine the other day, commenting that I am on a “philosophical roll” here at Whole Life Gardening. Duncan’s twitter name is @GardenLarge, and I like his grand approach to gardening. Duncan...
Nov 17, 2009 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 17 Every once in awhile, I’ll go through the photographs in my files, not searching for anything in particular, but just looking to see what’s there. Invariably, I’ll see something that gives me an idea. Maybe it’s a plant that I don’t...
Nov 16, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 16 Does being a gardener mean you’re better able to accept change? Please, God, let it be true. I spent the entire day with elderly neighbors, driving off-Cape to pick them up, then driving them back to the Cape to visit another...
Nov 15, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 15 If you’re a gardener, being in the present means focusing on the current moment, while keeping a foot in the past and an eye to the future. This sounds like a balancing act, but really it’s just a matter of taking care of seasonal...
Nov 14, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 14 I was speaking to a woman the other day who is the mother of a three-month-old child. She was talking about the difficulty of getting her son to sleep, and I said, in an offhanded way, “Well, I wish when my first child was born, I...
Nov 13, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – November 13 I worked at the garden center today, and at one point I went up to the office, where I found Nanette on the telephone. She turned to me as I walked in and asked if I could help the caller. It seemed that a cake maker was on the...
