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Soil temp back in the 50s this morning after dipping in the 40s past 2 days.
2018 & 2020 were colder at this time. 2019 was warmer.
Still too cold to transplant. Mid May is our safe time.
Everything growing well under the lights so far
Tomatoes
Large Leaf Basil
Need to transplant these peppers into cups ASAP
Four O Clock Flowers
The lawn is loving the cool wet weather pattern. So far I threw Lime and the Pre Emergent down.
Our Maples, Pears, and Cherry trees are blooming here but not the oaks and hickories yet
I need a bigger boat. I bought extensions and going taller. I would like to go wider but the lights wont work. Right now its 4 feet wide + would take up more room.
I moved the middle shelf up too. I got the lights on wires so I can raise and lower them. Nothing fancy, no need for just 2 months. I do need a Greenhouse though if I keep expanding. lol
Just when I thought it was over, it happened again. Low 30s at night and a cold day in the 40s. So soil temp was the coldest since Early April at 45.8°F
Nothing happening outside yet except some trees blooming.
Inside..........1st year doing Artichokes. Cool looking so far.
Tomatoes starting to look like a jungle from the top
Four O Clock flowers
Hot peppers
Rainy this morning, lets head back outside....... The Greens are loving the cool wet pattern though
Spinach, Kale, Lettuces. Looks like I'll need to reseed in the front here.
No till method? Nope. Doesn't work. Weeds and Grass will grow worse than a tilled area.. Before the roots get deeper and stronger I will be tilling the no till areas. (FYI, it was tilled 5 weeks ago and still no signs of weeds)
I used MG Food (24-8-16) on 7 of the garlics in front here. Will see if it helped or not soon enough. Light dose
Took this picture yesterday near me. Still bare in spots but these are mostly Oaks and Hickories. Maples and others are blooming. Some have mini leaves.
Day # 1 hardening off. Here we go. Cloudy. Perfect. Windy, not too great.
30 minutes and done, back inside. Tomorrow 45-60min in shade and back inside. In 2 weeks they'll be ready
I used to harden off in 1 week but noticed they used to get stressed when I transplanted them. Its because weather is always changing here and it's hard to get them used to every element within 7 days. So I stretched it to 2 weeks.
What a week... Jet stream is suppressed south so that means cold Canadian air is over us. Had to light this for heat again a few times..
Check out the soil temp this morning! Back to April levels. This is because yesterday didn't pass 54°! Normal is low 60s. Last year was 47.4°.
Onions waiting for warmth.
Harden off process is a hard process sometimes. Wind, Cold, Hot, Sun, Rain, ect. Kept them inside yesterday. Up to 4 hrs outside now. Hopefully weather is better to transplant next weekend
Kale, Spinach, Lettuce doing good though
Garlic? Eh. Not sure the MG helped on the few I fed on the left
See it? Pepper Blooms. Early. Poor things about to taste outside elements.
Fig tree growing despite cold soil...
And now, back to making Kindling for a fire in May.
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The mountains of Southern Vermont a foot+
Fig Tree! Amazing how it keeps coming back year after year. I don't cover it. 
No Till vs Tilling
