Mar 5, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 5 It was sunny in central Wisconsin today, but I understand that it was snowing at Poison Ivy Acres. Throughout the country, be the skies clear or cloudy, we are all itching for spring. Yes, we want to go out without coats, see bulbs in...
Mar 4, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 4 One of my favorite tender container plants is Euphorbia ‘Sticks of Fire’. I’ve had it in a pot for about six years, putting it out in the summertime and inside for the winter. As I drive around my hometown today, and read emails about...
Mar 3, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 3 There are as many ways to design a garden as there are species of plants, and every gardener has his or her own personal style. From formal, symmetrical layouts with crisp brick paths to mingling grasses and flowers in almost-wild...
Mar 2, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 2 So last night, I was in the ER, hooked up to a heart monitor, IV and oxygen. I was holding my phone up, trying to get a photo that captured the moment, when the nurse walked in and said, “What are you doing?”...
Feb 28, 2010 | growing the spirit, Inspiration, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 28 I was going through some photos today and came across one taken in Pat Dyke’s garden. On the side of her flower garden she’d placed the chair, pictured below. When I saw her garden for the first time, it made me smile, and the...
Feb 27, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 27 This afternoon, as light snow fell and melted on the ground, I went to the shed to look in on my crate of lettuce seedlings. The shed is solar heated, and last year by mid-February the temperatures didn’t fall much below 35 f....
