Stolen Days in Zone 7b!

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AND here’s one of those beautiful days I referred to in my last post!  Less than 2 weeks after the ice storm and I’ve been able to play in the garden all day.  Today I got all of the raised beds filled and I built this smaller bed over the body of our storm shelter.  I have a frame to put over it so that it can be used as a cold frame in the winter.

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