Time in between

So winter passes and most of the snow - what there was of it - is gone.  Peas can be planted along with Swiss Chard, lettuce and beets but that's about it.

Now what?

The days are warm and most of the nights are above freezing and the temptation to start putting in the rest of the gardens is almost overwhelming.  Knowing as I do that where I live I can have a hard frost almost up to Memorial Day I still have a  difficult time not pushing the season and taking a chance on some of the tender items like cucumbers and green beans.  One thing I do try to remember is that the closer it is to the full moon in May, the more chance of a frost.  But does that mean that if the full moon is May 13th, there won't be another frost?  Nope, it just means that it's more likely near that time.

I've been hovering over my portable lettuce and radish bed like an anxious mother.  Been glad to see that most everything in there (along with some weeds) has sprouted.

And if you look closely enough you can actually see what they are going to be when they grow up!

Nevada Lettuce

Mixed greens

These plants might seems like a pretty pitiful thing to pin my gardening hopes on but in this between time after the winter but before the "real" gardening season they are a promise that things really will grow and in spite of whatever else is going on it your life, a person can count on the seeds and the weather!

Admittedly the pot of basil, by the way, still looks like a pot of dirt - but I have so far resisted the urge to dig up any of the seeds just to chat about what's happening in there!