Happy Easter from the still cold waste lands of the Frozen Tundra

Chives are doing great!

We still find ourselves in the middle of a continuing cold and wet stretch.  Last week saw 10" of wonderful white stuff grace our yards.  For the most part, the snow is gone and only small plow banks survive.  Yesterday was rainy and cold.  You know the kind  of cold, right down to the bone.  It did clear up a little in the afternoon with the sun finally coming out after 4pm and allowing the temps to get into the high 40's.

I took the opportunity to get a few more seeds into starting medium.  Red Russian kale and cauliflower made it into starting cups.  I will start some dwarf curly kale on Sunday.

Also on Saturday a trip to Garden Spot in Oconto to check out the plants.  Ronald and Lillian Martin have a great little green house located about 4 miles west of Oconto on Hwy 22.  For people reading this, Ron is a regular at the Saturday Farmer's Market in Green Bay.  I picked up my onion plants (Red & Sweet Yellow), some primocane Blackberries (PrimeJim & PrimeJan), and some kale seed I was looking for.  I will be following up on a couple of fruit trees this week.  Be sure to check it out:  Garden Spot, 3645 Hwy 22, Oconto  920-835-1237,  M-Sa 8:30-6:00, closed Sunday.  Well worth the drive.

The garden continues to lag.  Cold and rainy does not get the garden started.  The garlic is doing great and will get little help from some bone meal today.  After that, it will be all about foliar feeding with fish emulsion.

Grass is green but beds are very cold and very wet!

Garlic is doing well, despite the snow of last week!