Pruning

This morning Dave and I pruned trees at our Stake Welfare peach orchard. I love going there because I know that the peaches that will be harvested from those trees all go to help people throughout the world. I like to think that maybe the people who have lost their homes recently in Japan will be given cans of peaches from these very trees. It's very possible because I know disaster victims in Haiti's earthquake and Chile's earthquake have received them in the past.

Well, all that pruning got us thinking we ought to spend some time in our yard today as well. So we went a little nuts whacking off limbs from our own trees and shrubs. Actually, Dave did most of the whacking. But we got the yard looking ready for Spring.

It was kind of chilly weather, only 40 degrees, but when you are working hard it doesn't seem so bad.

I can't believe the tiny trees we planted 8 years ago are now big enough to hold swings for the grandkids.

Our vegetable gardens still had dead veggie plants. But we got those cleaned up, too.

Then we hauled all the branches and limbs to the compost dump.

This enormous pile of mulch was made from the piles of clippings out there.

It may have snowed yesterday, but I'm pretty sure Spring is on its way.