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Their buds are so advanced that I will store them in a dark place for several weeks before forcing them by placing recut ends into warm water. (The plan is to have flourishing branches for Easter.)
Will they be trampled under hoof before I can gather them?
Now I’m on foot in what the herd deems their pasture land. I urge them towards the gate while ticking off a list of spring chores yet to he accomplished.
Grape vines (V. labruca “Concord”) must be tidied; cone flowers (echinacea) need transplanting to a sunnier locale; buddleia (b. asiatica) bushes need drastic pruning; last season’s Siberian iris (Sibirica) foliage is neglected and the apple “Red Delicious” and peach “Elberta” trees must be shaped.
Now the cattle are headed towards the upper meadow, the calves kicking up their heels, the Black Angus mim
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