Oct 4, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 4 Today I celebrated the harvest. I started the day by reading the posts on a couple of the blogs links on this page. I clicked on Coffee and Chemo, and Toto, finding that each post was about the Jewish celebration of Succot. After...
Oct 3, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 3 Today it rained as if God was trying to float Noah’s ark. Needless to say, not much gardening was done. Rainy days are excellent times for reflection, however, not to mention doing those I’ll-get-to-that-someday jobs such as sorting...
Oct 2, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report from PIA – October 2 This day started out cool and clear, so after walking The Dog I decided to take my coffee outdoors. I sat on the circular steps that lead from the entry garden up to Annual Alley and the vegetable garden beyond. Propped to one side of the...
Oct 1, 2009 | growing the spirit, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 1 In between the errands, design consultations, house chores and writing, it was a day of dogs and birds. Just before 7 AM I walked The Dog down toward the lake and he disappeared into the woods for a few minutes. I called him, and...
Sep 30, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 30 Visiting other gardens, as I did at the GWA conference recently, makes me dream of adding certain plant combinations or structures to my gardens. “I want that on my property,” I find myself thinking, or “Oh! I have to make an arbor...
Sep 29, 2009 | Garden Prayer, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 29th Since I decided to post a new Report From PIA every day, every morning I wonder what in creation I’m going to write about in the evening. Every day and every blog is a leap of faith. The magical thing is that not only has this...