I somehow missed my Friday update...
Sometime last week, I planted carrots and radishes outside. I also transplanted the lettuce and the swiss chard to the garden. Saturday I potted up the bell peppers and the habaneros. The other hot peppers were potted up the week before.
The broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage have been going outside nearly every day to harden them off. So far, they're doing great, even down to about 26 degrees. I would have transplanted those, but a harder freeze was forecast for this week and I didn't want to risk the plants that have been growing for two months already. The forecast has changed, but I'll probably do that next weekend anyway. I finished a few more boxes this week, so I'm ready for all that to go in. Speaking of freezes, being freeze-free in three weeks is feeling really optimistic about now. I need to build some light supports that I can put over a box and cover with a tarp for protection.
The pumpkins are starting to germinate. Summer squash will get started this week indoors.
I'm supposed to get seed potatoes pretty soon, so I need to get a box ready for those, too. I realized last week that two of my tomato varieties are determinate, meaning they will grow like a bush and won't grow up a trellis, so they'll take three square feet each instead of one. I guess I'll have to rethink my layout...
Angie plugged my blog on her writing blog, with a picture of me putting up a support frame in the snow. The title probably could have been "In Denial" as opposed to "Undaunted."
In denial. LOL. Me, too.
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