Sep 16, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 16 We live in a country where we can buy strawberries, apples and new spinach twelve months a year. This is both a blessing and a curse. Because these crops are so constantly available, we can take them for granted. I was thinking...
Sep 15, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 15 I had a delightful group of Master Gardeners from Michigan stop by to see my gardens today. In advance of their visit I decided that some areas at Poison Ivy Acres really needed to be labeled. I thought they should know that the...
Sep 14, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 14 Now that it’s September, I look out on the lakeside perennial border and see that I’ve misplaced three groups of plants. I planted the Calamagrostis ‘Avalanche’ in the back, Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ in the center, and Aster ‘Lady...
Sep 13, 2009 | Life's Gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 13 Tonight, my husband and I had dinner at the Eclectic Café in Hyannis. We ate in the garden and listened to music by Billy Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter. The meal was delicious, delightful and delovely. At the end of the...
Sep 12, 2009 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 12 It has been a wet day, complete with torrential downpours and thundershowers. My dog is a quivering mess, and I’ve spent most of the day not writing. I’d planned on weeding today. I’ll be speaking to a group of master gardeners...
Sep 11, 2009 | Life's Gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – September 11 I did three consultations this morning, each over an hour and a half. From the last consultation I drove to the supermarket to shop for the dinner for my wine tasting group, which meets at my house tonight. Finally home, I did the...
