Aug 11, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – August 11 As you regular readers well know, I’m tired of hot sun and no rain. Cranky, you might say. As I sat on the deck tonight, looking at part of my lakeside border, I was able to get some perspective on my bad temper…and none too soon I...
May 17, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – May 17 As I watered pots of perennials at the garden center today, I noticed a woman who was loading her cart with pots of blooming plants. “What does well in shade and has pink flowers?” she called to me. “Astilbes,” I answered. “Don’t tell me...
Mar 11, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 11 Last Sunday I spoke about perennial bed maintenance at the Chicago Flower Show, and tomorrow I’ll give the same talk to the Cape Cod Master Gardener’s Backyard Horticultural class. Needless to say, this has me thinking about...
Oct 24, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – October 24 This is what I did in my garden today: I gathered all of the piles of brown peony foliage that I cut out of the lake-side perennial bed yesterday, and loaded them into the garden cart. Then I pulled the cart up to the brush pile and...
Mar 18, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
It was just above 50 degrees the other day so I finished cleaning out the flowerbeds. Although the air was cool, the sun’s warmth allowed me to remove my jacket as I cut the perennials and grasses to the ground. My work was accompanied by the spring mating calls of...
