The Cook wrote:

Since my last post (3/16) we have had snow on the past 2 Tuesdays. The
onions I set out survived so this past weekend I set out my lettuce
and broccoli. I haven't had a chance to look but will take inventory
later today.

I have started my herbs and tomatoes in the greenhouse. Some of the
herbs are up, if you use a magnifying glass to look. Tomatoes, not
yet.

I wonder what problems will beset us this year. Last year it rained
so much that the plants never developed deep enough roots to withstand
the dry spells. That's life on the farm or should I say in the
garden.

Hope everyone has a good growing season this year and we can all brag
about our harvests.

me too!

conditions here are gradually improving, much
of the snow has been melting off. with the
intermittent cold spells it has slowed down the
melting so we may avoid floods this season.
it's been back to colder weather this week.

we may get a few warmer days later this week
and into next week (anything over 50F will be
a heat wave compared to what we've been having).
perhaps a few of the earliest flowers will be
brave enough to poke up.

looks like all the garlic made it and the
winter wheat and winter rye that i was able to
sprout before winter arrived look pretty good
too -- nice and green -- i'm very happy to see
it instead of bare dirt. now i have to see
how the other patches fare that i planted
later. i dunno if the seeds will still sprout
after being in the ground this long or if
they've rotted away... i suspect a mix of
both.

i'm not likely to plant anything for a few
weeks yet or longer. winter can churn up
surprise late winter snows quickly enough...


songbird