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Paper Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 06:00 PM
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Any surprise here? According to NECN, this has been the second
month since 1888 with the fewest days of sun. No wonder my grass seed rotted. I have yet to buy any flower or veggie flats and am wondering if this year, I should just forget about spending any money on a garden. Any of you fellow Bay Stators feel the same? When is it too late to plant Veggies?
I have an area all plotted out with a neighbor. The only thing in the ground as of today are onions and they are popping out of the soggy ground.

I was counting on a crop of beans, tomatoes, lettuce and a few other things. Doesn't look good, does it? Just walking on my grass is a squishy hazard, raining at the moment or not. No sun in my neck of the woods.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 06:05 PM
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1. No surprise at all.
It's been rainy every day--and cold as well. I'm still waiting for spring.
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canoeist52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 06:18 PM
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2. My greenhouse guru says anytime after memorial day might be safe.
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Paper Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 04:51 PM
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3. I went to the garden supply store today. Feel sorry for them.
It took quite a while to find flats that were still healthy looking. There are thousands of flats to be seen but I'd venture that half of them are so over-watered by the constant rain we have had that they are brown and half dead looking. The poor greenhouse people. I know they work hard to get ready for this planting season but their offerings do not look good.
I am going to plant what I bought on Thursday...if it does not rain. The next few days are scheduled to be rainy and with thunderstorms. It never seems to end.

I guess I should be thankful that I do not live in the mid-west. My sympathy for all those people who have no home, let alone no garden.
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