A great big thanks to those who came out on the weekend to make our Celebrate Spring Openhouse a success. We had beautiful weather and bright sunshine most of the weekend. We're still celebrating and preparing the greenhouse with plants for you. The only difference is there are no donuts and juice. (I'm rather glad about that because it was much too tempting over the past couple of days to grab a donut as I walked by the refreshment table!)
Anyway, here we are in the first week of May! I think alot of you have been planting early cool weather seeds and plants such as peas, potatoes and pansies, the 3 p's! Everyone is anxious to plant peppers, tomatoes, etc but I'd caution you about that. We could still get frost and if we do, any tender plants such as basil, peppers, and cucumbers will not be happy. A general rule about safe planting is to wait until after the full moon in May and everything should be ok. Once in awhile, that rule is broken by nature herself and we do get a late frost.
So get your pots or ground ready, plant what you can and give it a couple more weeks to warm up.
The naked earth is warm with Spring,
And with green grass and bursting trees
Leans to the sun's kiss glorying,
And quivers in the sunny breeze.
~Julian Grenfell
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