What did you do in your garden today?

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Funny it is super warm all Winter here. Had few days around zero but supposed to be in the 70's next week. Sis says just teasing. All Winter!

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Be honest, I love a good snow storm, and love seeing the quietness of snow on the ground. Could not live anywhere I did not get snow. When I sleep even in the winter I have my bedroom window open about 2 inches.
 

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@Sean Regan , we have a large patch of lavender planted at our Airbnb down in North Carolina, visually recalling, about 10 of them in a row. They seem to do well with that soil, of which seems sandy so different than my soil up in PA. Be honest I am doing nothing with them, just leaving them alone. My good neighbor there takes cuttings if she wants the smell in her house. The prior owner did plant them. They have a lot of deer in that community, so its a battle for other shrubs etc to plant.
There is also very strange grass there, part of me is glad I don't live there, I'd be so frustrated with the soil. Or just go to colorful pot planting and be done with it. The grass is kind of like a vine, it moves about and anchors down. We have a landscaper who lives there to tidy up . Can't have any hosta. Later.
 

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@Sean Regan , we have a large patch of lavender planted at our Airbnb down in North Carolina, visually recalling, about 10 of them in a row. They seem to do well with that soil, of which seems sandy so different than my soil up in PA. Be honest I am doing nothing with them, just leaving them alone. My good neighbor there takes cuttings if she wants the smell in her house. The prior owner did plant them. They have a lot of deer in that community, so its a battle for other shrubs etc to plant.
There is also very strange grass there, part of me is glad I don't live there, I'd be so frustrated with the soil. Or just go to colorful pot planting and be done with it. The grass is kind of like a vine, it moves about and anchors down. We have a landscaper who lives there to tidy up . Can't have any hosta. Later.
We rented an Air B&B in Bryson.

My wife use to refuse to drive in Pennsylvania.

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That would've been my job, but luckily, I managed to avoid it today. I've already done snow blowing 3 times this week...
All I had to do today was inspect the results 😁 it was good.
 

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Very nice. Picture fishing there, with a nice drink, all day long. 😊
You mean like that. That's what I do from our deck when there. Just a walk down a wooden path from steps to our private dock. We just had a fishing couple stay. They went around with their boat and tied it to our piers. And coffee on the bench on the dock is a lovely thing in the morning.
 

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A while ago I repotted all my bulbs, not really knowing what was what. We have had a fair few paperwhites, bulbs that were recovered from small, forced pots we were given, they came in ones and twos as they were not fully recovered, but picked and brought in they made the house smell great. Now I am getting Jet Fire blooming, another early one with a nice red trumpet, and a lot of small iris. Various other daffodils starting to put up buds, Spring is coming !!
Spent a fair while clearing a log pile which was in a dark corner by the hedge, a lot of dead leaves and litter in amongst them as well made the logs all sopping wet, moved them out where they will dry. The robin was very interested, every time I came back he was foraging among the litter or sitting up on one of the logs studying it for movement.
Raked up a lot of dead leaves and put on top of the wood I put in the trench I dug earlier, I have a good covering, Then I constructed a new compost container and moved all the green and un-rotted compost off the top of the heap so I have access to the bottom, that will be next into the hole.
Put new edging on a couple of beds in places and tidied up the paths, more leaves for the pit.
Indoors I moved seed trays that had started sprouting from the propagator to the windowsill, mainly various broccoli and tomatoes.
Quite a productive sort of a day.
 

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The good news is The two trail cams are working after several months being stuck in a box.
The expected news is that there is as yet no hedgehog activity.
Just a nosey cat.

(those aren't car's headlights)

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I don't really know she started out and she said she couldn't.

We also stayed in Boone.

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never heard of Boone, PA. will have to look it up.
Me, I prefer to drive when we are on road trips. Even when we went to Sedona, AZ, we rented a off the road jeep, had the best time up scary hills, and gullies. But did not tilt.

I just looked up Boone, PA, no town by that name comes up.
 

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never heard of Boone, PA. will have to look it up.
Me, I prefer to drive when we are on road trips. Even when we went to Sedona, AZ, we rented a off the road jeep, had the best time up scary hills, and gullies. But did not tilt.

I just looked up Boone, PA, no town by that name comes up.
Boone, North Carolina.

What I really remember about Pennsylvania is Snowshoe Mountain.

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