Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 16 Entries. Monday, March 3 View Page I put the clear (ish) poly down to help warm the soil. I would have put down the IRT film everywhere but I can’t anchor it in the frozen soil.   Monday, March 3 View Page You can see the shadow of the snow outside. Melting pretty fast this week.   Monday, March 3 View Page Got the shack out in the melon patch. Time to get the snow melted.   Monday, March 3 View Page I put out the shack in the shop patch last week. There’s a little less snow now.   Sunday, March 9 View Page Little bit of melting this week but it’s starting to snow again today.   Sunday, March 9 View Page Melon patch.   Sunday, March 9 View Page Erected the shack last week.   Friday, March 21 View Page First of the peppers are up. Planted Sunday. 5 days   Friday, March 21 View Page Had to change out this cable thermostat. Snow should not exist at 118°F   Saturday, March 22 View Page Have some of my orange scorpions up. And a Habanero.   Saturday, March 22 View Page ?26°C, soil thawed down 12”. Outside the shack it’s thawed down 4”. Nasty cold this year. My other shacks are still sitting on snow in places. Soil not thawed at all except where the cables are. ?   Sunday, March 23 View Page Ok. Here it goes. Primary pots 162 Crews black diamond. Backups 202 Crews. I never thought my 205 Kent black diamond plant got a fair chance. Spider mites, extra fruit set and it still did 162. They seem much sweeter than the Carolina Cross so there’s that too.   Sunday, March 23 View Page Here’s a pic of the 162   Tuesday, March 25 View Page Batch of peppers I planted on the 20th are starting to sprout. The first batch had the heat mat germ chamber. These ones just had a 24/7 light but the temp is a perfect 85°f.   Tuesday, March 25 View Page Cabbage and related vegetables   Tuesday, March 25 View Page Meanwhile, outside, it is melting some. Our forecast sucks.