Spring Came Early

Spring came early to the South this year so we started planting around March 10th. I bought broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage plants from our local hardware store. March 31st, we planted yellow squash, butternut squash, potatoes, okra, and another few rows of red onions.During the week of April 6th we had a pretty hard frost and I covered everything with a heavy layer of straw; nothing much was bitten by the frost.  About a week or so later (after the 15th of April) we had a light frost and I didn't add any straw to the beds.  The green beans, okra and squash had grown a couple inches above the straw and some of the plants were killed. Also that week I had told my mother-in-law how good my cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower were doing and she said to watch out for the white moths (which I thought were butterflies) because they lay eggs that hatch into worms that will eat your cabbage and broccoli.  So I dusted my plants with Seven Dust; I am hoping they survive.

We ordered some of our plants from Gurney; they came in and the tomato, peppers and eggplant looked awful! I had to baby them for a couple weeks before planting.  We finally planted the tomato's, peppers, eggplant, and strawberries. The potatoes look good. We replanted one row of okra and re-planted three rows of green beans. I also planted some radishes, onions, and some herbs - bee balm, cilantro, Thai basil, and sweet basil. The lettuce is looking good!