I started my seeds 10 days ago. I was thinking that I was running late, but maybe not. All the garden centers have seedlings out, so I picked up several to cover all my bases. If I can get my garden finished up today and tomorrow, I will get the store bought ones in the ground over the weekend.
Here in eastern North Carolina I put in spring greens last week. We’ve got a sandy loam garden of about 25 by 25 feet. I put in three rows each of buttercrunch lettuce, Romaine, Swiss chard, and collards.
I know collards are usually planted in the summer for a fall crop, but I’ve planted them in early spring and used them for spring greens in the past with good results. I will be yanking out half of these rows by June to make room for the tomatoes and peppers.
My neighbor has about 36 seedlings up already. I noticed the hardware store has some outside as well, but they didn’t have any Sunmaster tomato plants yet. I love those since they are determinate and have a lot of fruit.