April 05, 2004
Tonight's the night
I was just out in the seedling house. It is 22 degrees out tonight with a howling northwest wind. The low is supposed to be in the upper teens. But in the seedling house (with the propane heater) is was holding at about 46. But the wind and cold will test that little house tonight. Send the seedling house good vibes!!
[As is obvious by this post, "spring" has been a little slow in coming this year, up in the great white north. We'll let you know when things turn the corner a bit.]
Tuesday a.m. update: 18 degrees outside at 6 a.m., but the lettuce lived. It was a balmy 42 in the seedling house this morning. And the whole thing didn't blow over, which definitely seemed like a distinct possibility last night.
Posted by peter at April 5, 2004 10:16 PMJust don't use too much propane $$ as, judging by the seedling pictures you posted the only plants that really can't take that cold are tomatoes. of course melons or peppers require warmth as well. Have you thought about asparagus
as an early niche crop? I started my area 16 years ago (garden size 3 rows 40 ft) by mid May I cut avg. 15#'s per day. Once established there is very little maintenance, your Remay may even warm them for earlier harvest. The field house with it's sides add some twine for peas, plant just inside and you'll get another early crop, they actually don't mind snow! I do most annual veg. but I really like the perenial crops, less work, less stressfull. Now is a good time to plan a fall
planting of garlic, I will e-mail you some links I have found.
John
