Apr 10, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 10 I want perfection and safety as much as the next person. I would like every plant to live, my family members to be healthy and a overt liberal to be appointed to replace Stevens on the Supreme Court. OK, these might not be your...
Apr 9, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 9 Yes, we want what we want, and nature sometimes says “No.” This was on my mind when I did a garden consultation today for some folks who lived next to the ocean. They have a beautiful view, and a windy, seaside exposure, so the palette...
Apr 8, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 8 We’ve had an amazing stretch of warm weather, better than many days in a typical June in this coastal region. Usually we wear winter coats in April, with the pockets filled with tissues to dab at noses made runny by cold, off-ocean...
Apr 7, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 7 Yesterday I got a press packet for a new book on Boston parks and green spaces. Included in this mailing was a package of forget-me-not seeds. There was no botanic name on this package, so I don’t know for sure that these seeds were for...
Apr 6, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 6 Today I was blessed to be able to sit on my deck with my laptop, and write this while listening to the birds singing their spring songs. The sound of the morning doves cooing takes me back to my childhood in Muncie, Indiana, and the...
Apr 5, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 5 We have lived at Poison Ivy Acres for two years, one-and-a-half months, and I’m already moving plants around, correcting mistakes. My mistakes. Yesterday I wrote about removing the creeping Jenny from the rain garden, and today I dug up...
