I Came, I Sawed...

Dang it, it's still winter. Bleak, cold... sorta nasty.

 We do have some signs of life, such as these narcissus thinking about blooming.

These are just poking above the mulch.

And the daphne is showing color.

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Weather Note
We had a few sunny days where it actually got a little warm. Later in the week it got real cold, however.

We've had solid freezes. So far our citrus is holding out, but I've lost a couple of hoses. This has been the more typical weather. Brrrr.

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The fruit trees are dormant and needed a lot of pruning. We started out by removing the top growth with the pole saw. This day was sunny, but still cold.

Once it was brushed out, I got out the hand saw, and got to work on the first big trunk cut. Buddy gave me a hand, so he got to pose triumphantly.

All the prunings are destined to be firewood for the pizza oven. At one point, we had a prodigious pile.

Then I got busy snipping it up and binding it into nice neat bundles.

And got it stacked along the fenceline.

We still needed to make a few more cuts, and we did that yesterday. I'm convinced that the trees will produce better and be more beautiful after they branch out from these drastic cuts.

It looks so short, but this will put the fruit, and the shade, where we can use it.

I still need to cut down a few limbs, and finish out the brush sorting.

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What We're Eating
Karen and Glen graciously shared some samosas with us. I fried them up, and we enjoyed the lovely sauces too.

We've also got the first of the lemons, which are sweet and delicious. We tried an orange, but they aren't quite ripe. They are juicy and tasty this year so far, and just need a little bit more ripening.

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Here's a shot of the tub fence with its new repair. I still need to do a lot of work on the flower beds, but they are coming along.

And today, we planted some radishes in the standing bed.