We didn’t want to plant everything outside as early as we did, but we didn’t have much choice. We went out of the country for a few weeks. Having the plants outside was the only way they would get watered. Unfortunately, it seems they also got hailed, snowed, and frozen out there. One of these years Mother Nature may actually be kind to us, but this isn’t the year.

We have started planting replacements for some of the plants that died in the cold and the seeds that still haven’t sprouted. Unfortunately, that’s a lot of replacing. It’s been extremely rough, even on the pepper plants that managed to survive the storms. They all look like they went back in time a couple weeks. The tomato plants did a little better than the peppers; most of them seem like they were just on pause for a few weeks. The only plants that really thrived in the winter of May 2011 were the peas. It looks like it’s going to be another great year for peas. I suggested to Charmaine that we just plant the whole yard with peas next year.