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Terry Coombs · 11-02-2014, 06:58 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible

wrote:
What a winter for North Carolina. Expecting 2 - 4 inches on top of
the ice we got this morning. Screwing with my greenhouse and my
germination in the house for sure. I guess I won't be planting in
early March as I had planned. Oh Mother Nature.....just keep us
guessing.
MJ

Ma Nature , being the fickle bitch that she is , may very well turn around
and give us an early and extended heat wave . And drought ... (sigh) I guess
we just have to take what comes and make the best of it . Farmers Almanac
said that we'd have a colder/wetter winter this year , so far they've been
right . I have 2 different what-to-plant-when schedules from the web , both
are in general agreement , BUT both are history-based so ...
But any way you cut it , now is the time to be starting seeds for
transplanting later . So far I have onions , 2 kinds of 'maters 2 more I
picked up seeds for today kale , lettuce , cauliflower , eggplants and
cayenne peppers in the starter trays . And they're all sitting on a low
table right in front of a southeast facing window where they get strong sun
all morning then great indirect light the rest of the day . I guess it's
time to get the tiller out and make sure it runs well . I'll be enlarging
the garden plot this year , after a great first year garden and that machine
has some seroius groundbreaking to do .
--
Snag