Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 30 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.   Wednesday, March 26 View Page I know what this is. I put two seeds in. One by the side , one in the middle. If both come up it’s easy to dig the side one out.   Wednesday, March 26 View Page This one is obvious. I put the seeds in on their side. Takes a little while longer but I don’t usually have to remove the seed coat.   Thursday, March 27 View Page By morning things had happened. The 202 should have been taken out of the chamber. Made that mistake a couple of times before so why not one more time. Melons need lots of light.   Saturday, March 29 View Page Watermelons doing fine. Very convenient that @Chapmans_Canada makes the best ice cream because after it’s gone it’s a great pot. Pretty sure I need some more pots…   Saturday, March 29 View Page Greenhouse made it. Little bit of snow over the last couple of days.   Wednesday, April 2 View Page Planted on March28. The 858.9 Olsen was last up. Biggest pot and It felt slightly cooler than the 2 small ones. The 858 had the heat mat probe in it. Temp set at 30°C or 85°F. The small ones were warm to the touch so maybe 35° (95) or more.   Wednesday, April 9 View Page It’s a go! 858 Olsen. It’s a little yellow but that seems to be a thing with this seed starter mix. I have one more that just sprouted that’s a backup. Don’t collect them, plant them.   Friday, April 11 View Page Nothings better than checking the progress of your seed and seeing this. It will be almost 5 days when it is under the light. Tan seeds seem to take the extra day. I plant them on their side about 3/4” down without prep. They come up without the seed coat most of the time.   Friday, April 11 View Page Watermelon 162 Crews. It’s a 205 Kent jumbo Black Diamond x self.   Sunday, April 13 View Page 858.9 Olsen is greening up and looking good   Friday, April 18 View Page 858.9 Olsen is doing good. The leaf is a little fried from the heater but that’ll let the plant tip over easier.   Friday, April 18 View Page The 162 Black Diamond is growing. Not sure about the light colour veins. Means I’ll be looking up stuff.   Friday, April 18 View Page 2234 Moretti is in. Haven’t grown in this patch for awhile and it’ll need work yet. Was my best patch.   Wednesday, April 23 View Page After 6 days of waiting, the long gourds are up.