Last year, I opened my garden in March, even though our last freeze is usually in June. I was able to carefully plan ahead and
cover the plants before a snow or freezing temperatures hit our area. The plants thrived and I was picking tomatoes in May before most of my neighbors had even planted theirs.
That was last year. This year I have consistently blown it! Mostly, because I have chosen to believe my weather man. The lives of my seedlings are my responsibility, so I am not going to blame him (too much).
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I took a chance and transplanted the broccoli plants from where they were
started in yoghurt cups to the
raised garden bed. I did harden the off first, by letting them spend a couple of days out doors in their yoghurt cups before I planted them in the raised bed. Here is where I should probably confess that I decided to eyeball it, rather than using markers to create my square foot garden. I have used twine in the past, and then removed the twine when the plants emerged and used it to tie up beans.
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My broccoli plants after several snows and below freezing temperatures. Each plant has at least one green leaf, so I am hopeful that they will recover, but it is going to be a while before we are eating any fresh broccoli from my garden!
Here is what the weather has done to my romaine lettuce:
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I have planted my
potatoes, as well as some peas, spinach, and chard. However for now, I am keeping most of my seedlings in front of a window in our garage.
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1 comment:
Ah...I hope they come back!
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