South of Boston, Zone 6b, last week just raked up around my shrubs before the yellow jackets return...hate ‘em. Transplanted 2 rhubarb plants from containers and maybe next year will divide them into four plants each.
I hate the yellow jacket buggers too. Got stung by one when I was just knee high to a grasshopper. Hated them ever since. Granny put wet tobacco on the sting.