This year I'm going to start posting about my gardens again. It's March and the City of Appleton needed to trim trees in order to install new light poles everywhere. So Asplundh came to our house and moved a pretty big piece of equipment into the back yard -- taking part of my hydrangea tree with it. They removed a huge number of limbs and branches from the trees so we'll see if we still have heavy shade back there this summer. The ground was still mostly frozen but I think they tore up the turf quite a bit -- which is a nice match for the tunnels left by voles this past winter.
Between the voles, chipmunks, rabbits, and other critters that are killing my gardens and lawn, I'm not sure having the bird feeders around with their constant supply of food is a really good idea.
I've been poking around outside a bit and I'm seeing growth from many of my plants in the gardens already. I don't want to remove any of the winter cover, though, as I'm sure we'll get some bad weather yet this year. It has been beautifully warm (up to 60) the past week or so.
