May 11, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 11 One of the gardening myths I come across is the belief that biennials bloom every other year. The truth is that biennials spout and grow one year, bloom the next, and then they die. Some biennials, such as feverfew, are so prolific that...
May 10, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 10 Oh sure, sometimes we gardeners put a group of plants here, and another there, and they reliably grow in that location for years. I walk through my entry garden this spring and greet the Calamintha, Nepeta, Coreopsis, and Perovskia that...
May 9, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 9 A friend of mine once said that true affluence isn’t about having money, it’s about having time. To be leisurely in our actions, and to spend our days following an interest or desire is a gift without price. For most of us, there aren’t...
May 7, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 7 May 7th is Garden View Day, and today I celebrate how just looking at a garden is cheering. Whether we gaze on our landscapes from the kitchen window, when brushing teeth or as we pull into our driveways, looking at a beautiful...
May 6, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 6 I spent the day with Sarah M, taking Mel up to bury his wife in their cemetery plot in New Hampshire. It was a tiring excursion, but in the end we all felt that we’d done right by Mary. She wanted her body to be near her hometown...
May 5, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 5 When we bought the house at Poison Ivy Acres, there was a hydrangea planted under the kitchen window. It was November when we closed on the sale, and as I walked around the property, assessing the plants that were there, I saw from the...
