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I’m experimenting with planting cold-hardy veggies earlier than usual. I read that if you soak the seeds overnight in warm water, you can plant them even when the soil is too cold for them to germinate. We’ll see how that works. I’m only testing it on a few peas and radishes, so it won’t be a huge loss if they freeze out. With our crazy warm winter this year, all that bare soil was just too tempting to ignore!

Got my orders sent in finally for seeds and trees. Now I’m watching the mailbox for them to start rolling in!


111 posted on 03/09/2012 7:52:32 PM PST by Ellendra ("It's astounding how often people mistake their own stupidity for a lack of fairness." --Thunt)
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Peas, radishes, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, celery can all be started quite early. Taters too.


203 posted on 03/11/2012 9:16:54 PM PDT by djf (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2801220/posts)
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