I started clearing Winter debris from flower beds, this morning

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3. Still LOTS and LOTS of gardens that are untouched.

There are more than 10 flower/veg beds on this property. This is a corner lot and the east side faces the street so I like to get it tidied up. I had a big passion plant that I failed to take down, last year, and a whole lot of milk week stalks that were beyond unsightly. And it's the new location for the feral's food bowls so I wanted to get that area cleaned up so the soil can start to dry. It's where I will be putting the 'I hope they will use it' shelter. There are some big shrubs on the N/E corner that will give them a feeling of being hidden.

I never rake the back lot so there are LOTS of fallen leaves, etc, AND YET still another flower garden for insects. I have a couple little brush piles that I just let stay, that makes great shelter.