It has been a long winter. We had record cold temps, record snowfall, and record duration of days below zero. So, needless to say, we are all looking forward to spring.
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| Chives are the first signs of life in the garden. |
The signs of spring are evident in the usual places. The trees are budding and the birds' songs are those of spring. The back yard is a mix of ice and mud. March has been here in all of her early spring glory.
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| Workable soil. |
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| Garden helper. |
So I took advantage of the "workable" soil to get in the first seeds of spring this afternoon. By "workable" soil, I mean mud with a little bit of ice that I needed to break up.
I plan to plant successive plantings of my cold-weather plants, every two weeks, this spring. Today, the high temp was 41F and we're expecting another 8-14 inches of snow over the next two days. So it seemed like a good time to get the first seeds in.
I put in seeds for radishes, lettuce, spinach, corn salad, rutabaga, beets, bok choi, onions and peas.
I haven't planted shallot sets before. So I thought I would give them a try this year.
