solarbird | Also, it's been a bit since a leafpic

Painting the Maples Red
I don't have much going on right now other than school, but I did do the second round of raised-bed soil prep earlier this week, and while I was at it, picked up a good bit of the leaves from last winter - it's good to leave them on mulch, you get a nice free nitrogen-tea effect out of it over the rainy season, scattered about a bunch of fish oil, and looked after the pear tree and the apple tree. Oh, and trimmed the roses, since it's after President's Day. Everything is budding already! But it should still be safe.

I'm considering whether I want to make a separate cold frame for the smaller raised bed, or just use the larger one I already have. I mostly think the plastic might get torn by the one exposed corners, but then again, it might be fine. On the other hand, PVC is cheap, I've already got the glue, and I've got plenty of spare clear plastic dropcloth for a second frame. So I don't know.