My garden is snoozing...

I'm back after a relaxing few days for the Christmas holiday... and of course I spent some of my time off in the garden -- cleaning up.
We gathered as many of the remaining pecans that we could... even climbing on the roof and gathering them there. I think we got about 4 more paper grocery bags worth. We chopped up leaves and bundled branches, hauling them to the curb.
I'm amazed at how much stuff one tree can drop on a yard -- branches, nuts, leaves... this tree -- as wonderful as it is -- can be a headache sometimes.

I've been worried about Limey.... Mexican lime trees do not like the cold, and we've had some very cold nights lately. Some of the new growth froze and some of the leaves have dropped, even though we covered the tree with a frost blanket. To help, we moved our rain barrel to right next to the tree and filled it with water. I'm hoping that the barrel is absorbing heat from the sun all day, which it will then release at night, helping to keep Limey warm.

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