Greetings,
So last weekend I decided to take the plunge and took out the first young plants for hardening. The walla-walla onions, some greens (lettuce+ cabbage) and the first batch of pansies (for DW.) This stone patio absorbs some of the sun's heat and gives it back at night.
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We've since had a couple nights in the low 30's, but everyone did fine. Then this weekend, Saturday was in the high 60s, then it hit 74F on Sunday. I finished prepping one large bed:gentle hand till/turn (the compost had settled a lot under the snow load), added 2x bales of peat, a large bag of perlite, and mixed in some organic food. End result was nice and fluffy like potting mix. This is Giant Cesar, 2 or 3 plants per jiffy puck (the extra large size).
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tbc...