The forecast low for tonight in Madison is 35°F, and we can be easily 5 degrees colder than the forecast low, so it looks like I’m not setting any tomato plants out today after all. Sigh. I will plant something.
I planted onion sets in the raised bed:
and Hopi Orange Winter squash in the other raised bed (4 seeds per hill):
and another 30′ row of mostly red potatoes (with a few white ones I found growing in a cupboard). That makes 120′ of potatoes.
At 7pm, yes, it does feel like a frost tonight, so I covered the herb bed outside the back door:
All four apple trees are blooming now, including the one I just pruned a few months ago. Sure hope the blooms don’t get frosted. Last year, the one I pruned in late winter did not have one blossom on it.
Also:
- dug a trench where I’m going to plant corn just north of the raised bed, filled it with compost, and shovelled the soil back on top of the compost.
- raked up grass clippings from yesterday’s mowing, used some for mulch, threw some in the garden, and reserved a couple of buckets for future use.
[Update 5/11: it clouded over and so got nowhere near freezing last night.]
Ending and Beginning 
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