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Thanks Pac and Logan. I put aloe vera aftersun gel on it. I never use sunscreen, although I probably should but when in the sun I tan easily and rarely ever even turn pink.

 

@Anniekay , those are some awesome cabbages!

 

Thank you AA, much appreciated.

 

I have been working on my fall cleanup, maybe I can get it done in time for spring? I did try some weeding, but the soil is too cold on my hands.

My elderberry trees in the front yard are putting out leaves. The ones behind the kids' cabin barely have any leaves yet. I ought to dig a few up for a friend, and make some cuttings for other friends.

Daffodils are beginning to bloom, other trees and bushes are full of buds. I heard spring peepers singing the other day before the cold came back. And honeybees had been out about 2 weeks ago. I think they went back indoors to wait for more flowers? My white spirea has tiny leaves so far.

My fig trees are putting out more leaves in my sunny room. The lemon trees are doing well, and other porch plants are also fine.

I gave my thyme a haircut. My peonies are sending up their little pink noses. I trimmed their old stems off also. I noticed buds on my dogwood tree. The robins are back.

I dug up more yucca plants from a front flower bed. When I moved here it was full of yucca and jonquils. Some years ago, I dug them out and moved them elsewhere. I have a Walker's catmint there, and some milkweed and a few others there. But if you miss even a small piece of yucca root, it will be back. I could hear the roots breaking when I dug the new ones out today. I will share the ones I dug out today. I have lots of it in other places.

I hope my pecan trees will be okay. Deer nibbled the trunks when we had the snow. Also, the milkweed that the deer ate off last summer. That milkweed was 2 years old. I had tried to root the pieces I found, but it didn't work. I have more seeds to plant. The new seeds spent a couple of months in the fridge this winter.

I hope I can get out tomorrow afternoon and plant things like the milkweed, echinacea and some poppy seeds. I got some poppy seed for pink poppies with purple in the petals from a friend. She has a farm, and sells her produce, plants, and seeds. Sometimes I get things from her. I am getting some red hollyhock seeds and seedless blackberry bushes soon too. I have loads of other seeds, so I might plant some other kinds if I get so far too.