Is spring here?

Saturday, April 21, 2018

Usually by this time of the year we have tomatoes and cabbage and onions and most everything growing in the garden. Not this year. Most of March was wet and ugly. It wasn't necessarily cold but it seemed like it rained almost every day or every other. There was mud everywhere. And now that April is here it has turned off cold. The last two nights we have been down to the upper 20s and low 30s. Way too cold to plant garden crops. I think we have a little cold still coming so going to wait a few more days and then check the 10 day forecast.

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