Don't be surprised if a cold snap rushes down from the north and plunges the east coast into a deep freeze. It will probably happen in, oh, eight days or so. That's when the seeds I planted yesterday should be most vulnerable.
I worked most of the afternoon, putting dirt laced with fertilizer and "moisture control beads" into pots on (and hanging off of) the lower deck. It should be a riot of color down there in about sixty days, if the seed packets are to be believed. This afternoon, I'll steal out in the dusk and do the same for planters on the upper deck. The bird restaurant we're running up there needs some color.
All that effort generally causes freezing temperatures to hit and kill plants all along the coast. Those bizarre spring cold snaps you read about in the news? I'd be willing to bet they perfectly mirror my sporadic planting efforts. This year, I took a neighbor's advice and waited until after Easter to sow my seeds so as to outsmart old man winter. I've got extras, though. Just in case.
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