"brooklyn1" wrote in
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Here in the northern Catskills it's still like a month too early
to do anything in the earth, there're still patches of snow in
the shady spots and the ground is much too cold and wet to work.
Actually the ground is frozen solid except for the top 3" which
is so mucky it nearly sucked my shoes off my feet when I
ventured out yesterday... the deer hoof depressions are filled
with water. The Canada geese are just beginning to arrive but
still nothing is green. It rained on and off the past two days
and heavy squalls are predicted for today, in fact the sky is
already becoming black to the south east. Flooding is
predicted, which is why I went out to take a close look at my
newly ripraped creek.

the creek has lots of room yet before it floods.
are you starting any seeds yet, or do you buy started plants? what
are you putting in the garden this year?
lee