Apr 18, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 18 I spoke at a Spring Planting Festival at the garden center today, helping people learn about vegetable gardening. Other speakers talked about the effect of too much synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, how to make compost, and other aspects...
Apr 5, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 5 We have lived at Poison Ivy Acres for two years, one-and-a-half months, and I’m already moving plants around, correcting mistakes. My mistakes. Yesterday I wrote about removing the creeping Jenny from the rain garden, and today I dug up...
Apr 3, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 3 On a recent garden writer’s listserv, the topic that generated a great deal of discussion carried the subject line, “Is Gardening Too Complicated?” The premise the author presented asked if garden writers, with their...
Mar 28, 2010 | Inspiration, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 28 On February 18th I wrote about how much I miss my homegrown vegetables in the winter, and my idea to grow salad greens in my shed. Today, I’m rejoicing that this scheme worked. We’ve been picking fresh greens for dinner for the last...
