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By: ejm

ejm — Wed, 31 May 2006 15:17:04 +0000

I’m going to have to haunt the garden centers to see if I can find something similar. I’m a big fan of plants in pots and I have a number filled with nonhardy perennials that I move inside for the winter.

Here, the rule has always been to never plant before the May24th long weekend (Victoria Day). Some years I’ve risked it and planted in early May but this year we had a particularly chilly May (until now)

-Elizabeth

P.S. I was GOING to move the plants out of the basement this week but it’s suddenly poisonously hot and humid. I’m waiting for the cold snap in June so I won’t melt as I haul the things up the stairs.

[whine]Middle ground in temperature… is it really too much to ask for?[/whine]

By: Robert Nanders

Robert Nanders — Wed, 31 May 2006 04:14:38 +0000

We used to have a hothouse, which was perfect for those uncertain months between winter and spring. Unfortunately, it’s seen better days, and I now just raise some herbs in small ceramic pots by the window…

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 30 May 2006 17:52:12 +0000

Elizabeth, that urn only looks like stone or concrete. It is actually fiberglass, so no–I don’t have to lug it in. But, if I had to, it wouldn’t be so much a matter of lugging it, as just picking it up and whisking it away easily.

Fiberglass planters kick serious butt.

Linda–you know, I grew up with the injunction to put out tomatoes on May 1, and usually, what one does with tomatoes, one can do with basil. And almost always, that has worked, at least, so long as I am in zone 6 or farther south. And I am in just a tiny finger of zone 6 here, but sometimes these Applachian mountains mess with weather and we get weirdo things happening. Like blizzards in March or snow squalls in April.

So, next year, I may put my tomatoes out May 1 again, but hold off on the basil until the middle of the month.

Thanks for the link about the ice saints! That is cool!

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 30 May 2006 14:00:18 +0000

Have you heard of the ice saints? Basically, what it comes down to, is that you never plant until after May 15th. When I lived in Texas I never planted anything until after April 15th but have had to revise this in France. Here is a link to what I wrote about those saints: http://lindamathieu.com/2006/05/09/the-ice-saints/#comments