Sherry ....
No you are not obsessive ...
Generally, February and March are the hardest months for me. I sit there planning my pruning cuts because it is too cold or too rainy for me to be outside.
We are going through a couple of weeks of fine gardening weather. I spent four hours outside weeding, mulching and moving rocks and planning today. This is the first time I have been able to do this in February. I won't be pruning the roses. yet ... heck, they just need to be shaped. They have already been severely deer-pruned because a doe found a way to get into the garden through a breach in my deer fence. I just don't want to encourage new growth, yet, because mountain weather can be quite unpredictable.
Then there are the other garden tasks I can focus on early for once.
It will be quite interesting to see how the rose come back from the deer-prune. Of course, the doe did not know the rules of good pruning ...
With roses, there is always something new to learn. I think that is part of why I love them.
