The Dunstan Chestnut trees that I bought last summer arrived on Thursday. I unpacked them and stuck them in the greenhouse until the ground settles up a bit. I've never had good results from trees that were planted in the mud so I'm going to wait for the mud to go away before planting these. I forgot to order the grow tubes ahead of time, so I couldn't plant them now anyway, not unless I wanted the varmints to eat them. So it's no big deal to wait until the grow tubes arrive.
Went on a woods stomp Saturday morning. Found soil temps still below 50° in the two spots that I checked. Zero morels. Went to work in the garden after I got home from that. Got the cucumber fence up on the morning shade east side, and got the pole bean arbor installed on the sunny west side. Things were just dry enough to scratch up a couple spots to stick some seeds in the dirt - beets, lettuce mix, kale, and radishes. It might be on the cool side yet to get good germination from the beets. If those don't come good I'll replant in a couple weeks. The rest should take off no problem.
Come fall I'm planning to cover the panel frames with plastic sheeting and turn them into a low tunnel. I'm determined to have fresh greens all winter long, and I think doing that would improve my chances of success. If nothing else I wouldn't have to pick kale through a foot of snow.
