No fire required this morning. I rented a 35 pound chipping hammer (for the 3rd time since buying the place)and had the hired help break up the old front porch slab and brick work then haul it to the ditch with the help of the 1948 Ford tractor. The garden welcomed some garlic chive seeds gifted me. The peach trees are finally pushing buds out and the raspberries also-seems a few weeks behind what I saw in St. Lou.