Jan 21, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 21 Today I roasted a 30 pound turkey so that we can take it to my mother-in-law’s 90th birthday party. (Shhhhhhh! It’s a suprise!) It was so heavy that I could hardly haul it out of the hot oven without burning myself, and...
Jan 20, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 20 I can make more compost and gardens, but I can’t make more time. This is a shame, because there aren’t enough hours in the day. Plant breeders should forget about trying to develop a blue rose and concentrate on a Time Tree. Now...
Jan 19, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 19 I started out the morning with one of those irritable exchanges that married people sometimes have. My husband was annoyed about the grapes being not being good, and said something cross since I was the one who purchased them. This...
Jan 18, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 18 I’m about to place my seed orders, and as I look through the catalogs, I come across names of plants that I’ve tried to grow in years past. While I’ve had good success with the majority of my seed sowing, still, there have been many...
Jan 17, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 17 I gave a talk at Country Garden today, about great plants for Cape Cod. Throughout this presentation I spoke about the importance of putting a plant in a situation that it will grow well. The right plant in the right place, we garden...
Jan 16, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – January 16 We were up in Newton, MA today for Irene Galdston’s memorial service. It was everything such an occasion should be: sad, honest, funny, touching, and loving. I read one of her poems, which I think you will appreciate. Spring...
