Pretty Day

One nice thing about winter in Kentucky is that we usually have periods of cold weather with warmer weather  breaks. Today was gorgeous. It was sunny and in the 50's. In our house, when the weather is nice in the winter it is time to head outside to do some garden and flowerbed preparation. The spring here is usually so busy with getting the garden planted as well as all the regular chores that I try to get some of it done ahead of time. In the fall and early winter, my compost pile has usually not frozen completely. On days like today, I work on hauling compost to the garden. I dump it in piles and as the chicken coop gets moved around the garden, they scratch it in for me. The other thing I try to work on is general clean-up. I trim down old flower and asparagus stalks. I keep the yard free of branches and sticks that blow down through the winter. This gives me a head start once the nice weather starts and everything starts popping up. Take advantage of nice days you may have this winter. Enjoy the sun and get a head start on the next planting season.