Rosalind
Deeply Rooted
It's bloody snowing! I had my chicken compost all raked out. I had my trucked-in compost all raked over that. I started some indoor seeds last weekend and it was consistently getting up into the 40s and 50s, although freezing at night. The ground was getting squishy and muddy all the time, and I've got fall bulb leaves peeking up through the lawn. The buds on the maple trees are *just so*, ready to be tapped for syrup. The moon is waxing. A slight drizzle or light shower was predicted for the morning, making the ground just damp but not sodden. Perfect weather for planting lettuces and all those "as soon as the ground can be worked" seeds, right?
I get up in my usual early-morning uncaffeinated daze, clip the leash on the dog for walkies, and open the door and it's bloody bloody SNOWING.
It's even sticking a bit. And they've changed all the predictions from rain to snow, but not the temperatures. How can you have a high of 50 F but snow mid-day?
I am SO not happy about this.
Maybe I should plant stuff anyway. The ground isn't frozen, it's still mud underneath the 1/2" of snow. Think that'd be OK for lettuces, peas, that sort of thing?
I get up in my usual early-morning uncaffeinated daze, clip the leash on the dog for walkies, and open the door and it's bloody bloody SNOWING.
It's even sticking a bit. And they've changed all the predictions from rain to snow, but not the temperatures. How can you have a high of 50 F but snow mid-day?
I am SO not happy about this.
Maybe I should plant stuff anyway. The ground isn't frozen, it's still mud underneath the 1/2" of snow. Think that'd be OK for lettuces, peas, that sort of thing?