I started the day reading on the couch, but got myself up to meander through the yard. I ended up visiting some of the trees that I've put in through the years. This ended up motivating me more than I'd expected. I finally built a cage out of fencing for a hemlock that I put in the ground quite a few years ago. In the past two years, the deer finally found it, or got access to it, and trimmed it for me. :( I finally caged it. It should probably be two or three times bigger than it is now.
After this, I added a second hackberry tree to our woodland--this was given to me from our friend Beth who dug it out of her yard for me (it was a weed to her in their small city lot). Thank you again, Beth. :)
Lastly, I added a second silver maple (the stowaway in one of the home grown oak trees I bought at a yard sale). I planted it within sight of our much larger silver maple that has made its presence known--and I am expecting it to shoot up and fill in nicely in the next few years (the new addition will be a younger version of the same...which will look more natural to me than two trees of the same age near each other).
I wanted to plant one of the oaks as well, but the soil in that pot was still mostly frozen.
All in all, not a bad day--and my back felt better being active.
