Our unusually harsh winter continues now into spring. In spite of the forecast calling for rain yesterday, snow began falling late in the afternoon. We got about an inch of the slushy, heavy, freezing-rain kind before nightfall. It was the second snow since installing the row cover a week ago. Luckily the temperature hovered just above freezing all night, so most of the snow melted. This afternoon we peeked inside the fabric and discovered that the broccoli and bok choi have survived. Their condition is similar to the plants in our hoop house: slightly frostbit here and there, but mostly living. The only total loss were four squash plants that really had no business being in the hoop house this early in the season.
Tonight we transplanted more spinach and lettuce, then planted a tray with three varieties of Asian gourds: bitter mellon, long gourd, and luffa gourd. A second tray contains watermelon. Just for fun we also transplanted some young onions into larger pots to see how they do. Honestly, planting onions from seeds seems like a huge waste of time when the farm store sells the marble-size pearl onions (yellow, red, and white) in bulk.
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