From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
     it was so nice today when we were driving back that when we   
   got home i grabbed a quick snack and rested a few minutes and   
   then went out and weeded the North garden.   
      
     i think the area of it is about 1500 square feet.  using the   
   stirrup hoe i could skim along even if it was very muddy.  the   
   surface wasn't frozen, but down about 6 inches i was hitting   
   some hard spots where it was frozen (we've had several evenings   
   below zero and some days where the highs were 14F already).   
      
     it took me less than an hour to do a quick once over in that   
   patch mostly hoping to disturb the grasses that were growing   
   in there along with a lot of mouse eared chickweed.  some of   
   the daffodils are already poking up some green leaves (not   
   uncommon).   
      
     there were a lot of deer tracks in this garden but there   
   wasn't much there for them to eat other than a few strawberry   
   plants.  the comfrey has already died back.  nothing else for   
   them there any more now that i have it weeded.   
      
     not bad for getting it done in just a hair less than an   
   hour.  it felt good to work up a bit of a sweat and to   
   accomplish something, even if it doesn't really stop the   
   grass from growing it might at least give it a pause.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)