Don't Be Fooled by Mother Nature!

Transplanting Snapdragon Seedlings

What a beautiful March we have had! Many of us were able to work in the yard, do some spring clean up and even some planting. Did anyone get their peas planted on St. Patrick’s Day?

Transplanting Snapdragon Seedlings - Whose hands are these?

But don’t let the warm weather fool you! After a week of record warmth we have had freeze warnings this week. Our frost free target date is still May 15th with a 10% chance of frost until Memorial Day. It’s OK to plant trees, shrubs and perennials now as long as they were grown outside or cool and from our zone (zone 5) or colder. Onion, lettuce, radishes, spinach and peas can also be sown in your garden. Remember do not work or plant in the garden if soil is still wet. Wet soil will compact easily and plants will not grow well. If you can squeeze the soil and it stays clumped it is too wet. When dry, soil should crumble.

Talking about planting…we are transplanting peppers, eggplant and tomatoes this week. Next week we will transplant coleus, impatiens, petunias and cosmos. With warm weather the seeds germinated quickly and there are a lot of seedlings ready to plant.

Sure Signs of Spring

March came in a like a lamb – hopefully will go out the same way.
Our bulk vegetable seeds are in, as well as all our seed starting supplies. Speaking of seedlings, the seeds that Mike has sown are growing like crazy. We will be transplanting cold crops like cabbage, broccoli, Kohlrabi and Brussels sprouts this week. Next week we will really have to get our fingers moving as the marigolds, dahlias, and snaps will need to be transplanted.

Our pansies are in full bloom, all their happy faces in a variety of colors. We also will be taking another round of geranium cuttings next week and moving out stock plants to a different greenhouse to finish out. We have most of our Proven Winners flowers planted and about 6,000 hanging baskets planted.


New spring merchandise and garden accessories are arriving daily. Mary has the Gift Shoppe looking awesome! You have to see our new plant stands that look like a water faucet, and new mosaic gazing balls and stands, as well as our new bird and flower garden flags.

At the farm the nursery is full. We had another little female calf (heifer) born Wednesday night. (Or the early hours of Thursday morning) Clayton was on midwife duty that night and luckily it was an easy birth.


We saw some of the first signs of spring outside, the snowdrops are up and blooming, crocus, and spring beauties. The harbingers of spring; the Red-Winged Blackbirds are back and singing loudly. All of the bird songs are being sung louder everyday! Blue birds are choosing nesting sites, and there have been many Baltimore Oriole Sightings. That really means spring is defiantly here…..