Apr 2, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – April 2 It was, finally, a decent day to work outdoors. With the sun out and temps in the low 50’s, being in the garden was exhilarating as well as productive. I pruned and cleared the leaves from several beds. As I raked...
Mar 21, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 21 I raked, weeded and trimmed down perennial beds today, and was always alert for a subject to write about. As I’ve said before, one of the gifts of daily blogging is the need to my antennae up at all times. In the garden and a blog, you...
Mar 20, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 20 At 5:32 PM, the spring equinox, I was outside finishing some garden cleanup. As I cut down some of last year’s perennial stalks and grasses, the first two of Barry Commoner’s Four Laws of Ecology ran through my head. “Everything is...
Mar 19, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 19 Today’s garden speaks to me about taking risks and taking charge. It was an usually warm, sunny day today… the type of weather that makes us think that spring has positively arrived. It is a tease, of course, but we gardeners took...
Apr 15, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
I was clearing out the front garden last week, pulling oak leaves from where they had caught in the stems of ‘Carefree Celebration’ Roses and Russian sage. I piled the brown leaves in the garden cart and once it was full, pulled them to the side yard where they...
