March Miscellany

It's March, and we've had a superb stretch of weather. The snow is completely off of our garden and the earth is bare. The loss of the snow has revealed that the little black currant scions that I cut off and planted last October have made it through the winter with buds intact. Here's a picture of one of them:



It doesn't look like much beyond a dead branch, but if you look closely you can see the buds with hints of green in there. We'll see how they progress. One other thing that I'm trying this year is a cold frame. Here's how it looks:

The idea behind the cold frame is that you use the sun's heat to warm up the ground enough to plant some colder weather vegetables and extend your growing season. I'm going to try to start some spinach next week.

Garden 2010