I ended up planting an alder that I kept in a large pot for too many years. The deer have nibbled on it through the years, so it is still rather small.
To keep the deer from finding it, I decided to stick some dried asters in the ground to help disguise it. I'm out of fencing.
Not too bad for the end of December. :)
Too bad that the second half of summer and well into the fall, there was so much rain--nearly daily--that I got almost nothing done in the yard...until now. :)
