Dealing with Chronic Pain

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Well February is drawing to a close. Some people are talking gardens already. Here near Toronto it is still pretty cold and a lot of the white stuff covering the ground.

But my thoughts are turning to spring.

I plan on doing several container gardens this spring. I have one wooden half barrel and a couple larger pots. Think I may splurge of some preplanted containers this year to save the work. Need to use my energy to rid my front lawn of crabgrass and get it looking nice again.

Also want to paint the garage door, front door and bay window.

I have my two dwarf citrus trees in half barrels. They've been in there for about 15 years. I have a lemon tree and a tangerine tree. The lemon tree is a consistently good producer. The tangerine tree has good and bad years. I had so many lemons that I gave three bags full to the people next door who own a restaurant. I have a big bowl of them on my dining room table; I've given away a bag to my Mom; and I have given a bag of them to another friend. So, as you can see, even for dwarf trees, they produce a lot of fruit. Maybe tomorrow I'll get over to Walmart and pick up some potting soil if my husband has the time to go with me. I've been asking and asking him to pick up some bags of bark and spread it in the flower beds to hold down the weeds. He still hasn't and the crab grass from next door is invading under the fence. If the bark is down it hasn't anything to attach to and it's easier to pull. Oh well, here we are. Sounds like you have lots of warm weather projects planned. I just love working outdoors. Have fun!

PS--Thank you for gently guiding me to the right forum for garden talk instead of on the general message board.

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