Waiting for "Real" Warm Weather

The high temperature today was in the mid-70's. Seems like a good day to sow some seeds or plant some young seedlings, but not so fast! The low Tuesday night is expected to be 33 degrees... dangerously close to freezing. Most planting directions are based on the average last frost date, i.e. the last day in the spring that you might have a killing frost. That would be April 15 here in the Piedmont of NC.

So there's not much happening in the garden this weekend. I harvested the collards that were planted last fall, then pulled the plants from the bed. Everything else is growing well. Just waiting for that magic "go-ahead-and-plant" date!