Northeast Gardening: Today's Weather in Your Garden - 16, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
WC2, Beautiful group. I can't believe they are already safe to have outside. I expect we will get some cold nights until mid May. My GH is overflowing with kids wanting to go out side, but I will hold off until around May 20th.

Today started out overcast and cool, but it cleared and was lovely. Did a major dump run with a truck load of stuff that should have been thrown out years ago. It was not a banner day work wise, but I did lots of little chores that took time. So I didn't plant anything today. But the shed is now clean. Plus the last bits of good stuff like trellis, bean poles and other big metal supports from the old veggie garden got moved to the new one. I made more cages from old fencing for the new shrubs. Still another dozen to do. I had a mad mouse run up my arm when I was breaking down an old box in the shed. They had nested in the old filing cabinet and inside an old PC with floppy drives. They are not happy with the new clean shed, I am. We cleaned out some of the bird houses and then DH saw our first swallow. They are our favorite summer resident. Here is a picture of where they live, except the house is missing from the pole, it has a white bit at the bottom on the right side of the picture. He is putting up their house tomorrow. Patti