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Post by Blueflint on Mar 8, 2009 6:50:14 GMT -5
March is here and the severe cold has finally left us. I expect some more cooler weather than we have had the past few days but I feel the really bad stuff is done. Temps hit the mid to upper 70's yesterday. We got the last of the beds cleaned out and actually tilled the ones that didn't get done last fall.
Now...has anyone in zones 5B/6A planted anything yet (outside...not in a greenhouse or a hot bed or cold frame)?
Blueflint
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Post by grungy on Mar 8, 2009 7:13:45 GMT -5
Not here in Creston, BC, Canada - started peppers in the germination chamber last week and looking forward to starting tomatoes in there in 2 weeks, but outside we are still fight about a foot of snow.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 8, 2009 9:06:55 GMT -5
It's our first spring here. The yard here has quite a few low spots which became increasingly obvious as the rains accumulated overnight. I could probably have a successful gardening season with a minimum of work if all I wanted to grow were Flag, Rushes and Cress.
I think I had best go back through 2008 posts on Niagaraplantcycle to source topsoil and compost.
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Post by nightmist on Mar 8, 2009 13:48:27 GMT -5
Not yet.
I am north of you and south of BLRH *waves across the lake*, and the maps have me wobbleing to and fro from various aspects of zone 5 to zone 6.
It is raining at the moment, and has been all day and most of yesterday, however I don't expect this warm spell to last. We often have snow with hard freezes well into April. A couple of years ago I had to wait until mid May to do much of anything out of doors, between the hard freezes, lingering snow, and severe sogginess. I have a lot of clay and if I work it at all when it's wet I make bricks.
In fact I am just starting tomatoes and peppers. I won't be planting so much as peas until the first week of May at the soonest, the crocus won't even be up until then.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 8, 2009 17:40:45 GMT -5
Night, it's still misty on this side of the lake. Couldn't see you waving. Wait til the weather get's better  |
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Post by Penny on Mar 9, 2009 6:55:14 GMT -5
Nope, nothing here yet, and there is still some snow hanging around.
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Post by elkwc36 on Mar 9, 2009 20:17:33 GMT -5
All I have in the ground is garlic I planted last fall. Has been a mild and warm winter here. With very little moisture. I should have onions in the last of this week. And also have some shallots to plant and will sow radishes this weekend. Just getting ready to start planting pepper and tomato seeds. Hopefully by the end of the week. They are saying some cooler but not cold for a few days then back to warmer. But I have been around long enough to know what jumping the gun gets a person. So trying to be patient. Horseradish should be here next week. Lilies and tulips are blooming. Jay
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Post by bunkie on Mar 10, 2009 9:23:29 GMT -5
70 degrees, wow! can't imagine it! it's an unbelievable 8F right now (record low temps for tonight!) and we still have feet of snow on the ground like val and dan. only thing we've sown outside is our wintersown seeds, and garlic last fall. lots of seeds going into potting soil inside right now tho! ;D
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Post by Alan on Mar 12, 2009 22:52:43 GMT -5
yep, peas, cabbage seed, kale seed, onions, wildflowers, poppies, hulless oats and a bit more. This weekend/week: raddishes, collard seeds, turnip seed, lettuce, spinach, chards, peas and a few other things.
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Post by Owen on Mar 28, 2009 18:48:09 GMT -5
Seriously? Wow Alan, you're a lot earlier than us. We're the same zone but our garden is still under almost a foot of snow (melting rapidly though). We're at least 3 weeks away from the first outdoor plantings of peas, favas, brassicas and alliums.
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