Thought I'd missed my window of opportunity to finish flower garden chores. We had the first frost on the windshield, then next day snow last week. Snow melted pretty much before the end of that day.

Today I have a bit of tidying of the holding bed to do.

I'd brought a small chive plant into the house to winter over, but Rufus decided it was not only delicious but a great toy. So I set it out on the deck so I'd tip it into the holding bed when I could. Then the soil in the pot didn't exactly freeze, but it stiffened considerably. Brought it back inside temporarily to thaw out.

Today is in the 60s (F) so I'll get it safely into the holding bed. There's contents of another pot to be gotten into the holding bed, too, and some seeds to be scattered out back.

It's supposed to get progressively cooler as the week goes on.

Linn