The snow was rotten by late Sunday. I got one good run with the dogs Saturday morning. It was a blue bird day and the snow was hard packed go anywhere snow. By Wednesday we lost close to a foot. In the greenhouse, the seedlings are doing well. Some cold weather and high humidity took out the toi choi and crippled some spinach and kale, but over all there are many more survivors. By the way I unplugged the heat mat last week and the temperatures in the greenhouse have been in the 50's - 60's, while outside the temps are in teh 30's and 40's. I have class to 100 gallons of water and lot of soil in pots in the 8' x 12' greenhouse, which is double walled with visqueen inside and wiggle board (fiberglass) on the outside. The radishes I planted over the last three weeks are up and the ovation greens from Johnney's Seeds are rocking. Arugula and more greens were planted on Sunday and are starting to pop up. The story of the spring has been the leeks, they do not mind the cold weather since the beginning of April then have been slowly growing in size. Today dug out a trail to the greenhouse, snow is rotten and the extra-tuffs are not tall enough. I noticed the tall cold frame on the east side of the garden is exposed. This cold frame has been a great early spring success and I am looking forward to planting some greens in it soon.
The real story is the Flex Hoop House on my school blog site, I have more pictures on my Facebook site. The hoop house grand erection took place on Monday. The temperature in the soil for the 4' x 4' raised beds in the hoop house are in the upper 50's. We planted all of our onions, root vegetables, and some seeds of greens yesterday. Tomorrow we will plant our starts of kale, Swiss chard, toi choi, and various frost resistant greens.
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