| February is daffodil month |
Rainfall
- tenth: 0.19″
- eleventh: 0.29″
- twelfth: 2.9″
- twenty third: 0.67″
- twenty seventh: 0.1″
- Complete to date: 4.15 inches
Temperature
- vary of nighttime lows: 27 to 55°F (-3 to 13°C)
- vary of daytime highs: 53 to 72°F (12 to 22°C)
Climate Notes
- We had some beautiful exterior days this month.
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We additionally had days with heat thermometer readings, however the wind was
sturdy and relentlessly chilly. - Heat temps got here with rain.
- Cooler temps got here with clear skies.
Greenhouse
My cool climate greenhouse experiments have finished effectively, even with no supplementary warmth.
- lettuce
- broccoli
- kale
- chicory greens
- Jerusalem artichokes
- chickweed
- turnips
- dandelion greens
Planted
- snow peas
- daikon radishes
- kale
Transplanted
- lettuce begins
- rugosa roses
- echinacea
Backyard
- Nonetheless engaged on weeding and mulching aisles with wooden chips
- Weeded and mulched the asparagus mattress
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On heat days I’ve to withstand the temptation to plant frost delicate
veggies. Our final frost is claimed to be mid-April, and the previous two years
we have had killing frosts after that date. Higher to be affected person than sorry!
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| Snow peas and newly transplanted lettuce. |
To plant my lettuce, I used Daisy’s (Maple Hill 101) Winter Sowing Method and might inform you it labored a deal with. I beloved that the tiny sprouts and seedlings did not dry out, nor did they must be hardened off. A keeper of a technique.
And this is a shock.
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| Surviving Swiss chard (and daffodils) |
Certainly one of final summer time’s Swiss chard crops amazingly survived last month’s frigid temps, which had been the coldest we have skilled since we have been right here. It is began rising once more, which is most welcome!
Parting Shot
Your flip. What’s taking place in your gardening world? Something?
