What Have You Got?

[digitS']

Onion seeds in flats of soil -- in the greenhouse!

There won't be any heat on in there for over a month. Oh my! Today, the greenhouse door was propped open. This must be the 3rd afternoon with a record high! Even without all this heat - and finally some sunshine rather than rain & wind to go with it - I could have started the onions by now.

Almost aaalll varieties are sown! What have you got?

Steve
normal high is 38°f. it has been in mid-50's!

 

[so lucky]

Finally broke down and planted a small flat of peppers. Was going to plant peas outside today, but talked myself out of it. It was about 67 degrees here today. So tempting....

 

[Smart Red]

Nothing yet. The Geothermal folks are in and out, up and down working on the heating system. As soon as I have my basement back I'll be starting.

The figs are leafing out, but it is too early to be starting much yet. Onions, impatiens, things like that will need the long start.

 

[lesa]

What have I got??? Snow! And record cold temps (though not so bad today- 20ish.) I will just have to live vicariously through you "southern" gardeners! Enjoy your unexpected warm weather!

 

[ninnymary]

Kale, garlic, lettuce, beets, and s h i s h i to peppers started from seed.

Mary

 

[Ridgerunner]

I've started some kale and chard from seed, maybe three weeks ago, and put some sweet potatoes on top of a tall bookcase to get slips started yesterday.

I sowed some sugar sprint snap peas in the garden Saturday. I plan to sow some regular green peas and plant onions Tuesday. I usually plant these and other stuff late February to mid-March but its been in the 60's and 70's here, like So Lucky. I woke up to the 40's again today. The onions I've not worried about, they should do fine, but I'll see how the peas do. I have plenty of blankets to cover them if I need to, just don't know how cold they can take when covered.

 

[Nyboy]

What have I got??? Snow! And record cold temps (though not so bad today- 20ish.) I will just have to live vicariously through you "southern" gardeners! Enjoy your unexpected warm weather!

Same here

 

[so lucky]

@Ridgerunner, do you have your kale and chard seed indoors or out? (I'm picking your brain because your area seems to be similar to mine in growing conditions.)

 

[Ridgerunner]

@so lucky normally I plant chard and kale in the fall from seed directly in the garden in late August, harvest some, and some overwinters. Due to a groundhog problem I did not get any to overwinter or even make harvest size last fall.

Normally in the spring, late February but more normally early to mid March, I again sow seeds directly in the garden since the overwintered stuff will bolt pretty early so I have more later in the year. The chard can normally be used through fall but the kale gets so wormy it is useless after a while. It gets kind of strong too in the heat but I still eat it.

This year after someone (maybe Seedo?) made a comment about starting plants, it hit me to start some kale and chard seeds early so I can transplant them when it warms up a bit and get some earlier production. I started them in an outbuilding I keep above freezing but not a lot more and used a heat box to get the seeds started and a grow light to keep them going. Depending on weather I'll probably transplant the kale in a coupe of weeks but the chard is coming along more slowly.

Yes we are often similar in weather. A lot of rain and cold passes just north of me in southwest Missouri and often just touches the corner of Northwest Arkansas. I think you sometimes get some of that but since the normal flow is often northeast instead of just east, quite a bit of that passes you to the north also.

 

[so lucky]

Yes, about 30 miles north of me is usually the demarcation line. Snow north, rain south, heading towards the north east.