From mid-March to mid-November, the pattern each day is usually the same:

• Hike, paddle, run, tennis, etc. in the morning (once each day).
• Work in the garden in the afternoon.

The first weeks of gardening have been busy, but sometimes limited by the weather:

• Cleaning up garden beds (ongoing).
• Pruning fruit trees and shrubs.
• Cutting back stems from last year’s perennials.
• Recycling compostable materials each week.
• Installing wildlife fences to keep out the deer (ongoing).
• Trench composting.
• Landscaping project – a raised garden bed (using blocks).
• Landscaping project – a rockery bed.
• Landscaping project – walkways.
• Transplanting and potting perennials for later transplants.
• Seeding stratified seed (blue-eyed grass, hellebore, echinacea, rudbeckia) into flats in the greenhouse.
• Turning over the large compost heap and trenching where possible.
• Dividing some shrubs and perennials – divisions to pots for now.
• and more….