Sep 27, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 27 I remember about a time when a fellow master gardener told me that she was delighted at how a particular planting looked in June. In front of a wall covered by variegated Euonymus and flowering Clematis, the...
Apr 14, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 14 When I was in the seventh grade my friend Debbie Leach and I would make elaborate houses for our Barbie dolls. Houses? Well at the time they seemed like nothing less than palaces. Other girls in our class would tease us: “You still...
Mar 3, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 3 There are as many ways to design a garden as there are species of plants, and every gardener has his or her own personal style. From formal, symmetrical layouts with crisp brick paths to mingling grasses and flowers in almost-wild...
Mar 2, 2010 | Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 2 So last night, I was in the ER, hooked up to a heart monitor, IV and oxygen. I was holding my phone up, trying to get a photo that captured the moment, when the nurse walked in and said, “What are you doing?”...
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...
