We are experiencing an unusually mild winter (again). Two small snow storms have melted away with temperatures reaching 50 degrees this past week. Some of my plants haven't frozen yet.
I took advantage of the warmth to do some spring chores a little early. Last week I took down our Christmas tree. This means cutting all the branches off the trunk and taking them out to the garden. I lay the evergreen boughs over the pachysandra and other broad-leaf evergreens to shelter them from winter sun and add some acidic mulch as the needles fall off come spring. I also dismantled the wreath I purchased and laid those boughs in the same areas. The window box and pot that I had filled with boughs were also thawed, and I was able to put those evergreens into the garden as well. I love recycling Christmas into the garden.
The job I am really feeling today is digging out the deck posts. There were seven remaining posts that were remnants from the long gone pool deck/fort/canoe rack (in that order). I dug, pounded, picked, and shoveled until I could leaver three of the posts out of the unfrozen earth. Only four more to go.
I finished the job by hosing off all the tools and cleaning a few windows with the hose I drug out of storage for the job. I would have never anticipated doing this in the middle of January. A hot tub and a cold beverage rounded out the day. Back to studying for my upcoming test.
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