Where is Spring?

We woke up this morning to another coating of snow and ice on the ground.  After reaching 70 degrees 10 days ago, we have been back to winter weather. 

During our brief "heat wave", I was able to plant the peas that I had sprouted, spinach and swiss chard.   I covered the plants with row cover cloth but it wasn't anchored properly and some of it blew off.  The plants were frosted a little.  Luckily everything that was in the ground can tolerate frost, so they are reviving. 

This past weekend, we fashioned our row cover hoops.  We used 1/2" pvc pipe and molded the pipe around a form using a heat gun.  The hoops are placed over rebar that was hammered into the ground.  The clips on the hoops are 1" binder clips from Staples.

I planted onions and lettuce after the hoops were up.  Today I planted about a dozen broccoli plants that I started and sowed more peas directly into the ground.  I am going to sow more peas directly when those seeds are up about 2 inches.  The peas were the first seeds that I planted directly in the ground but I will sow radishes this week.  As soon as we are back to normal temps (50's) I will be busy planting more spring vegetables. 

I started tomatoes, peppers and more flower seeds last week.  Check out the list of plants that are started on the Plants page.