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    Spring fever

    I think I have it now.The snow is now patchy. Its extremely muddy here now. For the last several weeks I have been bombarded with seed catalogs. Some companies have sent at least 2 and I expect 3 from most companies. I now have my seeds and onions ordered. Moved the onion ship date back to Mid April because its always to wet here to plant in March. Will be starting the super hot pepper seeds this week as some can take as long as a month to sprout. Adding lots of coffee grounds this year to build up the soil. I think I will also add some wood ash as I haven't added any in a while.

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    Snow is coming Baack
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    74 here in H-Town. House windows are open. Nice to get some fresh air in here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BucketBack View Post
    Snow is coming Baack
    I know its not over for sure. Snow is possible here until April and I'm sure sometime in history there have probably been a few in May. I have seen frost in June. Covered over 80 plants here one year recently and only lost 3.

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    I am getting worried that we won't have much moisture here. We haven't gotten much snow at all. Wife and I are getting ready to plant our garden. After last year I am excited to put in a widely varied garden. I want to build some potato boxes to see if we can get a better crop of those. They always seem to stay really small but there are a bunch of them in a small area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Broncosfan View Post
    I know its not over for sure. Snow is possible here until April and I'm sure sometime in history there have probably been a few in May. I have seen frost in June. Covered over 80 plants here one year recently and only lost 3.
    That almost killed my wife's favorite tree and plants last year.

    I want to repair some of the damage I did to my yard last year, but I know better than to trust this deceptively good weather!
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    Every year I get Spring fever for the garden here in Colorado, Growing season is a sprint with only 4.5 months of good weather if you are lucky from sow to harvest. I start canning in mid August thru mid September.

    Anyone else gardening above 6500 ft? We plant the last week of May.

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    After several days of drying out I finally was able to get back in the garden to try to finish planting. I got run out of there by a fast moving thunderstorm. It has rained since 3 pm. I bet its a muddy mess. I'm really close to finishing so that sucks. Just some minor things to set out. Now just have to let it dry out again.

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    First planting of the year. The onions are now in. I sure I could taste those homemade onion rings as I planted every last plant. Thought I ordered 6 bunches when they arrived it seems I had ordered 9 bunched. Total 540 onion plants. Ended up with 650 planted and might toss the rest as there rather small and the onion bed is full. I might plant some for green onions later next week. Give my back a little rest! lol

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