{"id":582,"date":"2010-05-01T22:59:01","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T04:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/?p=582"},"modified":"2010-05-02T17:17:04","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T23:17:04","slug":"too-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/05\/01\/too-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it looks like it was a little too early to be moving things outside. We’ve had 4 or 5 inches of snow this week. Although the low temperatures were hovering in the mid-40s, they have regressed to the high-20s. It’s been as cold as 25 degrees this week, and they’re predicting more cold and snow this week. Somebody needs to tell mother nature that it’s May, not March.<\/p>\n

None of the potatoes or peas have sprouted outside yet. We didn’t cover the broccoli, cauliflower, or onions, but they all seem to be doing fine.<\/p>\n

The covers we placed over the tomatoes, peppers, and squash claim to protect crops down to 29 degrees. It’s been below 29 degrees every day this week. I’m pretty sure the squash are a complete loss, and it looks like the tomatoes are at least 75% gone as well. The peppers seem to be fine, other than the damage they have taken from the cover rubbing against them in the wind. Maybe it would have been better to not cover the peppers at all. We’ll never know.<\/p>\n

Everything is continuing to grow and need more room to expand. We’re going to be forced to move even more plants outside this week, so let’s hope it stops snowing sooner than later.<\/p>\n

We’re also starting to plant seeds for other stuff that doesn’t take as long to get going. We planted Armenian Cucumbers<\/a> (a melon that looks and tastes like cucumber), Cucumber, more Cherokee Purple Tomatoes, and a bunch of pumpkins. Now we just need it to warm up!
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