Already April! So far our melt has been a gentle one, with no serious flooding or wash-outs. At this point the open fields have been bare for a couple of weeks, and even here “in the bush” the snow is patchy and receding daily. I continue to be surprised by how much shade naked trees cast, even the skinny ones like birch and poplar! We have been having lovely sunny weather, down below freezing overnight but up into the 40’s and even 50’s F, during the day.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve started my tomatoes in the sun room. This year I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m trying three different kinds \u00e2\u20ac\u201c cherry tomatoes, an indeterminate beefsteak and a determinate beefsteak. According to one source I ran across, the indeterminates (which flower and bear fruit over an extended period) are more productive for indoor gardening than determinates (which flower and bear fruit over a shorter, more specific time frame). We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see. I think I will wait until next year to try peppers again \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they seem to be really fussy, dropping their buds if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too hot or too cold.<\/p>\n
Soon I will bring in my outdoor containers and see if I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get a head start on some annuals, so I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to buy them. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been buying seeds like a madwoman and just can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait to get out there. We are expecting several days of on-and-off rain which will leave things muddy but should get rid of most of the remaining snow … on the other hand, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supposed to get really cold again once the rain stops! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always hard to tell at this time of year. Not long after we moved here, there was a stretch of beautiful, balmy spring days, and I of course went out to the garden to start weeding. Imagine my surprise, as I knelt in the sun in T-shirt and jeans, to find that the ground was still frozen except for the top inch or so, so it was impossible to pull anything up by the roots!<\/p>\n
Indoors, the hybiscus is still blooming, almost daily. There are still about 30 more buds so there will be blossoms for a long time yet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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