Springtime - Who's started yardwork?

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It was 72 degrees here and the snow is gone. Went out and raked the debris and leaves from the yard. Took some Tenacity and sprayed the backyard and that was enough for me today 🤓
 
Y'all quit yer braggin'! We're still largely buried under white stuff here, although we lost a lot today with bright sun and a high of 3 C. My outdoor work involved raking some snow off the roof and chipping a channel in the ice to allow the runoff from the melting snow to get to a street drain.

Mods, I need a "jealous" emoji. ;)
 
Uh... tomorrow's forecast:

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I already heavily pruned the shrubs and cleaned up the beds but I will put off lawn mowing as long as I can. The grass has started growing however. Once you mow , it grows like crazy and you are married to it for six months.
 
I haven't done anything but getting close for crabgrass prevention last year the forsythia bush bloomed on March 16 still no blooms yet.When it blooms I hand rake lightly to pick up debris,stand up matted grass n remove snow mold. Put down my pre emergent and water in. I'm a big fan of all season long pre emergent not just the spring
 
Started picking up some of the sticks and branches that had been knocked down before last weeks wind storm. Now I have a pine tree down to deal with. We have only had a hand full of really warm days though so far. Still a bit early here but the grass is starting to turn green a grow.
 
Need to mow for the 4th time already.

This AM right at dawn (it's 8AM here now) I started sifting soil in our raised garden beds. All the post hole dirt went in the beds on top of the green manure. Post hole dirt has mega rocks and was a large volume (decent diameter farm posts cemented in). But the soil with the rocks top notch. Mixed with the super rich established soil = excellent veggie soil.

The screen on my homemade screen was pretty shot so I just tacked another screen under it. The output is perfect. The input is extremely laborious.

One bed done............5 to go. Geeze. ugg.
 
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