Spring already? Well, I may be jumping the gun a little, but a day of sunshine can have that effect. It was cold, the ground was frozen for some of the day, so I started off by pruning and removing the dead stalks of last year's perennials. A lot of gardeners tell you to do this in the fall, and while this makes a nice, tidy look for the winter, I prefer to do the clean up in February for a couple of reasons. The birds will feed off the seeds in the cold winter months, and w