Feb 20, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Pet Peeves, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 20 When I was preparing to leave after my talks at Sullivan Renaissance today, a woman stopped me in the atrium. “Can I ask you a question?” she said. “What do you think of horse manure?” I told her that I thought that any manure was...
Feb 19, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 19 I sat around the dinner table tonight with a group from Sullivan Renaissance, and we shared stories, experiences, talk of movies to watch for (the documentary Catfish) and good books recorded on CD. There was also some discussion...
Feb 18, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 18 There is one serious drawback to having a vegetable garden: It is so satisfying to go into the garden at 5:30 or 6 PM and pick dinner, that having to buy fresh lettuce and other produce in the winter absolutely sucks. So for the...
Feb 17, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 17 I recently learned that one of my favorite gardening magazines is celebrating its 20th anniversary. I’m talking about GreenPrints, published by Pat and Becky Stone. This prompted a realization that this publication is a great deal...
Feb 16, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 16 I listened to an NSA tele-seminar with marketing expert and coach Terry Brock today, where he talked about the many wonderful ways to digitally record presentations or put on a talk using technology such as Skype. In and out of the...
Feb 15, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 15 Over the past few days I’ve been preparing my talk for the Sullivan Renaissance winter conference, and I can’t help remembering the last time I spoke in upstate New York. The audience was interested in gardening and the connection...
