After what seemed like WEEKS of rain and cold, it's finally warming up. We still had some nights in the 30s earlier this week but the forecast is for warmer and sunnier weather now, thankfully. Got some tilling done yesterday. My gardens down back are a bit different than most, as they are all little plots, as the area was slowly 'recovered' from being an old, overgrown meadow and dumping site, over the past 25 years, a little at a time. The soil was poor, to put it mildly, so various manure and compost piles eventually became lawn and small garden plots and even a few fruit trees. Lots of trial and error to see what would grow here, what wouldn't. We moved here from Alaska, so it was a change, to say the least. Most of VT seems to be in Zone 4, but I'm now convinced our place is more Zone 3. Some years we can ripen pumpkins and other winter squash, some years not. Same goes for corn and tomatoes, for that mater. Raised beds have helped a lot. Anyone else have the same problem. Also, anyone have any rhubarb plants they'd like to swap for something I might have? -JP