Seed Starting and Basement Gardening

Reader Contribution by Nebraska Dave
Published on February 17, 2015
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February brought some much needed snow. Most folks here were not pleased to have the 8 inches of snow and then 4 more three days later. I always welcome snow. It is the most nitrogen rich moisture on the planet. The week before the snow, the temperatures were up in the high 40s and middle 50s for several days. It wasn’t exactly a spring thaw (those that grew up on the farm know what I mean) but the top layer of soil was thawed out.

The snow began melting with above freezing temperatures almost immediately after the the snow quit. It was the best of conditions as the moisture soaked into the ground instead of having a massive run off. Totally the best way for a melt to happen. I think we are probably still behind in total moisture for this year but the effective way this snow melted could make it better for spring.

As I write this today, there are only 88 days until the frost-free spring planting begins. I’m not believing it this year and will have many backup plans in place. One is a new growing idea that I talked about in the last post.

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