Now it feels like refreshed spring. We got half an inch of rain overnight.
Everything is dormant of course, but still, the soil and the air seems restored and clean. Especially the areas of fresh compost and topsoil that I had just put down along the rock borders and in the new strip of garden along the fence.
I even brought out the pots from the garage to give them a soaking and then let them warm up in the sun after the rain.
The rain barrel is capped for winter, so water just poured off it all around it.
This is so unusual. It's still deep winter!!