I'm excited about that... I watered last night & again this morning & didn't want to have to water tonight (I don't water my entire yard, just bits & pieces here & there). I need to put down the weedblock & mulch on the new areas that I just opened up before they become entire dandelion fields. I can't believe how fast dandelions produce seeds!! I have trimmed down about 2/3rd of all my roses of all the winterkill (depressing job) & pulled 3 garbage cans worth of grass & bindweed & wild morning glory (some kind of odd morning glory that doesn't produce flowers of any size worth noting).. still need to trim another 2 sections of roses (including the pond area). One rose that I am sure that did NOT make it through the winter was Ruby Voodoo .. which sucks royally because 1) that rose cost me $45 and 2) is a Plant Select (designed for Colorado) plant, so it should have survived with bells on. What *really* irks the crap outta me, though, is that, in one section that I trimmed all my dead away & left the live canes sticking out.. the painter stepped on like 4-5 of them and broke all the canes!! 
When I see him again, I will DEFINITELY have words with him about how he needs to be VERY careful with my landscaping. I'm paying him to paint my house, not stomp on my roses. One of the roses that got squished, Cabana, had a cane about 12" tall. How can you miss a 12" tall bright red & green cane sticking out of a brown mulch landscape? Seriously?
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