Seriously? I live in the south, it's 2 days 'til spring, and....

Do you think we could warm up, just a bit?  For Pete's sake it is almost spring and it feels like January!  The last two weeks have been brutal.  We've had 5 nights in the 20's, our average low for March is 38.9. We even had snow on March 12th. They were right, global warming is a hoax!  (Severe eye rolling.) Last week butterflies and bees were fluttering about like crazy, I was half expecting to see hummingbirds any day.  Along with unhappy insects I have unhappy banana and sugar cane, fingers crossed they recover, I don't want to have to pick something else plant in those gardens.  

Happy seed in front of the pole,
 struggling transplant on the right. 

The forecast for the next couple of weeks only has three nights in the 30's, so I decided to put the cauliflower, broccoli, and chard in the ground.  I did a couple of test subject right before the cold snap....the chard and broccoli died, but the cauliflower made it.  The peas that I transplanted look pretty bad, they are still hanging in there but the direct plant seeds look far better, the low temps didn't even affect them.  No starting peas indoors anymore.  The broccoli seeds that I planted directly into the ground made it through the cold, they are slow growing but look fine.







The pumpkin, zucchini, and yellow squash I started on March 7 are insane.  I have no idea how I am going to keep them inside until April.  I think I need to plant those March 15th or later next year.  The watermelon and cantaloupe are just starting to pop out of the dirt.  Those I can start the beginning of March without fearing Audrey Jr taking over.


The tomatoes, peppers, and other seeds are mostly up.  Only half of the Baby Bell Peppers actually germinated and only 1 out of 8 eggplants have come up.  There is still time, I will give it another week before I replant those two.

I planted all the bok choy, broccoli, cauliflower, and Swiss Chard in the garden, along with some Rouge d'Hiver Red winter Romaine and Winter Density Buttercos Lettuce.  Hopefully we don't get anymore nasty cold snaps. As I am typing this it is hailing.  Tomorrow I am going to plant a few more Florida Broadleaf and Old Fashioned Ragged Edge Mustard seeds and Nobel Giant Spinach seeds.  Last year the mustard did incredibly well, the spinach was horrible.  I am going to try the spinach earlier this year and see if I have better luck.