Feb 8, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 8 I walked around Poison Ivy Acres today, looking at the shrubs and trees we’ve planted over the past two years. Many of them are small, and show only a hint of what they will grow to be in the next five or ten years. Their beauty is...
Feb 7, 2010 | Life's Gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 7 I was reading the catalog from Digging Dog Nursery this morning, turning down page corners and circling plant names. I want seven of this, five of that, and…. before I got to page seven, a huge case of plant-lust has kicked in. Aside...
Feb 6, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 6 As you know from my post of February 3rd, I appreciate twitter because it connects people. Today I noticed a tweet by Frederic A Brussat that contained a link to a post listing twenty-five reasons that twitter is spiritual. I read...
Feb 5, 2010 | flummoxed on friday, Life's Gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 5 I got an email today from a woman who was perplexed about her hydrangeas. “They’ve been blue for several years,” she wrote, “but the last two years they got taller and turned pink.” She wondered if the height and color change were...
Feb 4, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 4 Today at the New England Grows event I attended a Garden Writers of America regional meeting. This group, the GWA, is poorly named as the members are not only writers, but photographers, speakers and other garden communicators. That...
Feb 3, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – February 3 I’m attending New England Grows, a green-industry trade show in Boston. I heard Bill Cullina speak this afternoon, and attended a tweet-up this evening, and once again find that almost magically events come together for this blog. I...
