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[Mrs.Anteater]

Does it matter when it last snowed?

Usually snow comes with cold temperatures. We had three days of frost last year in Jun3 and significant damage to the crops. Crops across Nova Scotia damaged by ‘killer’ spring frost | The Star
My tomatoes never recovered and only the carrots didn’t seem to care.

 

[BethAnne]

Oh, so not huge the way some can be, but a good size.
I started with about 10x10, Chemguy expanded the area when he put in garden boxes now it's 3 4x12 boxes with paths around each. I think I could handle double the number of boxes (although I don't see us doing that) 30x30 would be about 12 boxes of the current setup though - I guess if I did more squash and no tomatoes in planters, just in the boxes that I could manage it but it would be exhausting!

It's not large but big enough. Directly behind the house is the rose bushes and perennials + I have a raised planter for the strawberries...along the garage is the compost bin and then the tulips and tiger lilies and supposedly still some irises but I didn't see any last year...the garden is between those two...behind the garage are raspberries and there is also space on the opposite side of the garage that can be planted too.
We do our tomatoes and peppers in the back flowerbed on the south side of the house - down to one pot of each now...flowers in the front flowerbed on the south side.

 

[ChemGal]

Usually snow comes with cold temperatures. We had three days of frost last year in Jun3 and significant damage to the crops. Crops across Nova Scotia damaged by ‘killer’ spring frost | The Star
My tomatoes never recovered and only the carrots didn’t seem to care.

But that was the past. We can get snow one day and 20C the next.

 

[Mendalla]

We're apparently under a frost warning here tonight. No impact on us. We don't put much out that would be affected, but severe late frosts in the past have thrown some of my trees off for a season.

 

[BethAnne]

I also put out three planters on the step with flowers this year.

 

[Northwind]

It's 25 degrees and sunny here right now. I don't think there's any risk of frost.

 

[Mendalla]

It's 25 degrees and sunny here right now. I don't think there's any risk of frost.

I didn't realize how warm it was out there on the coast until I saw a story about a baby dying in a hot car in Burnaby. People never learn, do they?

 

[BethAnne]

I'm actually more worried about the garden blowing away than I am of frost right now.

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

What do you think of the following advice I found somewhere, which is going by the plants themselves:

“ Sow cool season crop such as lettuce, peas, spinach when the lilac leafs out.
Warm season crops can be safely planted when the lilac blooms
Plant tomatoes, peppers and early corn when the purple lilac and flowering dogwood are in full bloom.
Plant squash and cucumbers when lilac fades.
When the dandelion blooms, plant kitchen garden, lettuce, spinach, beets and carrots.”

 

[BethAnne]

What do you think of the following advice I found somewhere, which is going by the plants themselves:

“ Sow cool season crop such as lettuce, peas, spinach when the lilac leafs out.
Warm season crops can be safely planted when the lilac blooms
Plant tomatoes, peppers and early corn when the purple lilac and flowering dogwood are in full bloom.
Plant squash and cucumbers when lilac fades.
When the dandelion blooms, plant kitchen garden, lettuce, spinach, beets and carrots.”

Also supposed to plant certain crops according to the moon cycles - I can't remember now which ones.

 

[Northwind]

I didn't realize how warm it was out there on the coast until I saw a story about a baby dying in a hot car in Burnaby. People never learn, do they?

I understand the temps set records yesterday.

The death of that baby is tragic a friend a former coworker of mine wrote a book where the main character forgot his toddler was in the car and the baby died. It's a tragic event for sure. I feel compassion for the person who left the child can you even imagine the guilt. I imagine there are times when things are so busy and when it is easier than you'd expect to forget the child is there. I imagine the person who did this is judging themselves as much as anyone else will judge them. Or more. Their life is now forever altered.

 

[ChemGal]

What do you think of the following advice I found somewhere, which is going by the plants themselves:

“ Sow cool season crop such as lettuce, peas, spinach when the lilac leafs out.
Warm season crops can be safely planted when the lilac blooms
Plant tomatoes, peppers and early corn when the purple lilac and flowering dogwood are in full bloom.
Plant squash and cucumbers when lilac fades.
When the dandelion blooms, plant kitchen garden, lettuce, spinach, beets and carrots.”

I've never paid attention to when lilacs get there leaves, there are none around here.
The cool season stuff can be sown when the soil can be worked although I would skip doing so if it's early when that's possible ie. some warm weeks March and with the first major warm up take a look at what's to come, they can handle snow but early spring can get some good freezes still.
I planted my peas when the haskaps were just starting to get their leaves - they have flowers now.
I haven't seen any dandelions yet, although they do tend to be out. Even with the snow we had though things have been pretty dry, little rain. I think now is just fine to plant lettuce, spinach beets and carrots.

 

[BethAnne]

Lots of dandelions out here...family lore was always plant sweet peas May Long Weekend and then the rest of the garden after that...but it really does depend on the year - some years we haven't been able to plant till June as the weather has been so cold and miserable, and there were years we could have planted in April as it was nice early.

 

[You just never know]

Last after mowing the lawn, which sure beats shoveling snow.

 

[BetteTheRed]

LAST, as I try and figure out what to do with the darned front yard. The star of bethlehem haven't bloomed yet, and they've largely filled in the front yard, replaced by violets and bugleweed when their foliage dies out. Green grass people hate me...

 

[Tabitha]

Ah I hadn't heard of the baby I hope it was forgetfullness rather than a poor choice. I was working just after school in the guidance area of the high school. Suddenly my name came over the announcements. Turned out I'd left my keys in the main office.

 

[BethAnne]

LAST

 

[Graeme Decarie]

What's all this crazy stuff about planting carrots and other unattrative lawn ornaments. Hey. This is the twenty first century. You go to a grocerty store for pete's sake.
Well, maybe okay if you live in an Alberta village with few signs of human life - and none of intelligent life....

 

[BethAnne]

What's all this crazy stuff about planting carrots and other unattrative lawn ornaments. Hey. This is the twenty first century. You go to a grocerty store for pete's sake.
Well, maybe okay if you live in an Alberta village with few signs of human life - and none of intelligent life....

I'm intelligent life

 

[Luce NDs]

I didn't realize how warm it was out there on the coast until I saw a story about a baby dying in a hot car in Burnaby. People never learn, do they?

It is stated that humans are the most intelligent critter on the earth ... any doubters about this canon?