Karen Salmansohn via Stephanie Youmans Wilson
When we were doing errands yesterday, I saw that Yeager’s already had onions and some other plants out in the parking lot! I think March 1st will be the earliest I can plant here without excessive worrying about freezing.
I MAY plant onion sets in one of our raised bed planters, though. I can cover one planter with a king-sized sheet.
If it will just warm up a bit, I’ll get out and prepare the raised beds for early spring plants. (Right now it’s 35 degrees F – MUCH too brisk (even with some sunshine) for this old lady to get out there.
Otherwise, I can prepare seed starters in the greenhouse so they’ll be ready to receive seeds. I want to get lettuce and spinach started for sure, around March 1st. I think they’ll stay warm enough in there. We’ll see.
This is what the raised bed planters look like when they’re ready for planting. Right now they’re full of weeds and the string rotted in the sun. :0)
This is our greenhouse. I’m learning slowly how to best use it. We don’t have heat, so I can’t winter over plants, but I CAN extend the growing season from early spring through late fall.
I’m itching to get started and will show you more plans as I get them going. Did I tell you I’m more than ready for Spring?
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