[Mrs. Don-o]

I'm in Upper East Tennessee, USDA Zone 6B. Based on a little amateur phenology, I started my indoor seeds (lettuce, cabbage, and chard) way too early:

2009 Phenology observations:
Fb 10 First Daffodil blossomed. Started lettuce in peat pots
Fb 13 Winter Honeysuckle about to bloom. Started cabbage in pots.
Fb 20 Second daffodil blossomed. Saw tree full of birds, maybe yellow warblers. Started earliest tomatoes in pots.

This year I aim to start my earliest seeds maybe 2 weeks later. But I'll send for the seeds now!

[Red_Devil 232]

Just a little story.

The lore around here (Central Mississippi). This is from a casual meeting with two older Black women who were shopping in the same garden center I was buying transplants. I was picking out some tomatoes and one asked me when I planned on planting them outside. I told her (can't remember what I said now).

She said, You should wait 30 days past the last Thunderstorm in Feb. and then plant your garden.