Yes, it's wisdom handed down from our grandparents, don't plant the vegetable garden until Good Friday and look out for the Easter Snap. I just googled "How often is there an Easter snap" and found no meteorological data. Anyway for the past 2 weeks the weather has been very spring like. We planted the tomatoes, squash, tender herbs and peppers.
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| The peach tree is blooming. |
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| The dogwood tree is in full bloom. |
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| The azaleas are in full bloom. |
Then the forecast for 6 a.m. Monday was a low of 31, Tuesday, 28 and Wednesday, 31 degrees. So the entire area was under a freeze warning. Of course down here we can't really complain, many places just a little north got a blanket of snow.
I have always planted after Easter, but for the past 2 years the temperature hits the 90's and even 100 degrees before the tomatoes have time to develop. So I decided not to wait. I want a good crop of tomatoes this year. With that decision comes the extra work of covering all the vegetables when the Easter Snap attacks.
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| Yes they are warm under here! |
Tomorrow and this weekend it will be back to the 70's, that's degrees not ugly clothes.
In all seriousness, I can tell not to plant before the long May weekend(May 21). The ground is too cold and there is still a high risk of frost!!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your gardening and I hope you get lots of tomatoes. Tomatoes are a favorite of mine.
Still under snow in my bit of the world. Good job I haven't planted any vegetables!
ReplyDeleteI'll trade ya! Pretty excited about 60 degrees tomorrow here in MO (Good Friday), then we have another chance for snow on Monday. Can't wait.. lol. Have a blessed Easter. Looks like you have the jump on things.. just keep covering and you'll be good to go :)
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed Easter. -Tammy