We're kinda in between the extremes, here in the middle of Missery. I put in a few tomatoes back the last week of April, by putting them up against a south facing wall, with a cattle panel covered with plastic over them. We didn't have any late frosts, but the weather has been up and down. I planted the rest of my tomatoes the first of May, and put out the peppers a little later. Potatoes went in on about St. Pat's day, and are doing OK....I'm using grass clippings to "hill" them....worked well the last time I did that. Spinach, onions, lettuce turnips, beets, cabbage, Chinese cabbage and Bok Choy all went in during brief dry spells, and are doing well. We've had several lettuce and spinach salads. The asparagus has been producing for a month now. The cole crops are disappointing...they all seem to want to bolt, even though it hasn't been consistently really hot. Got a good patch of garlic going. Beans, cucumbers and summer squash are all coming up through the mud. I've got six of a planned 10-12 raised beds in my main garden area finished, and a good thing too. We've had so much rain I'd not have been able to plant half the stuff I have in because the part of my garden that's not yet raised beds is just plain mud. I'm planning to put in some pink eyed peas and okra in that mud as soon as it reaches a firmer consistency. Never grown the southern peas before. Don't even know what the plants should look like, or how/when to harvest them. Life is a learning process!
Chuck
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