Winter Gardening, not so cold
Today I weeded. The soil is loose from relatively recent rains. I put down a few wheelbarrows of chipped mulch, on the path and around some plants. I finished the rockwork on the center circle and firepit area, but will probably create some plant spaces around the outside, which I continued today, putting in some bamboo that will grow to 7 or 8 feet.
I watered only a few plants that were a bit dry, including the saj sage, which is a transplant from beyond the horse pasture above Thacher school. One of the three plants has some new growth, and an older leaf perked up. It's bloom is a beautiful purple blue spiky flower, I think in the fall.
More weeding to do - crabgrass on the west side of the backyard. Have to create the rock island near the house, with the ferns and grasses which won't get much sun. More mulching. More clearing sycamore leaves. Start a new compost pile and filter the finished pile. Plenty more beyond that...