Hi Sharon - I feel your pain. Just today I put my chile seeds in pre-sprout mode, and the broccoli is out-growing the pots because I haven't taken time to get them hardened-off, with the crazy temps we've had over the last few weeks. Oh, well, it will happen!
cj

If I plant anything outside it will have be Siberian Rice.

I'm running behind but I am ahead of my cold soggy soil.

I guess it's just as well, my son just called and said when he went to work this morning there were 11 or 12 deer standing in my yard. I thought that I would have a good cover crop to till into the soil rather than a fat herd of deer.

Larry

Luckily, there are efficient and delicious ways of controlling your deer problem. I suggest a .30-06 followed with new potatoes, rosemary, and red wine in a nice braise. Shoulder cut just like a chuck roast from beef. If there's 11 or 12 deer in the yard, seems no reason why one shouldn't go in the freezer or roasting pan. It's out of season, but I think you can get a permit from the wildlife dept. to cull nuisance deer.

Dale

Mmmm, venison! I might try planting some rye directly in my freezer next year and save myself a couple of unnecessary steps.

Sharon, I'm with you in the panic mode, even though we're a couple of zones behind you. Too much to do and not enough time (without soggy ground)!

Diane

Dale, I like your idea but I gave my sons my guns about 15 years ago. I did however buy a .22 when I started gardening again about 8 years ago.

I just heard someone brought in a buffalo to a small slauther house near me, was said to be shot twice with arrows. Does that someone is missing a buffalo out of their herd, of maybe the buffalo are getting as thick as the deer. I sure hope not, no way can I feed the buffalo and deer.

Larry

Sharon, Spring has a way of sneaking up on a person sometimes, doesn't it? We still have several weeks until the average last frost date passes, so you're really not that far behind anyway. Well, except on the garlic planting, and I'll concede you're a bit behind on that.

Carol, My pepper plants are teeny-tiny too and today I saw big ones in 5" pots at the Home Depot nearest us. I know it is too early for plants that big, but that didn't stop me from looking longingly at them. I hope they cover them up because we'll be below freezing tonight!

I couldn't shoot and eat "our" deer. The herd has lived on/near our property for ages and I watch the babies grow up and then have their own children. I don't name them or anything, but I recognize the different ones that are regulars here.

Diane, It is not spring unless I'm behind and in a panic, and everything I've started from seed is either ahead of where I expect it to be or hehind where I expect it to be. It also isn't spring unless we're either way too dry to plant anything without extensive irrigation or so wet we can't plant.

I planted onions in moderately dry soil this weekend and watered them in lightly. Then, I was gleeful when it started raining during the night last night. The rain lasted a few minutes and amounted to about one-tenth of an inch. It wasn't much but I suppose it was better than nothing. We're enjoying the early warm-up here, but sure need for some rain to fall or it is going to be a long, dry spring.

Dawn

Me too, frustrated and the season is barely underway. I so need to be doing some late winter weeding--chickweed and henbit has taken over what I thought were well mulched shrub and flower beds. But the greenhouse that I thought would be done by Mar 1st is still just poles and a roof.

DH went to the shed and pulled the cool bench back out and set it back up on the porch so I would have a place to move plants to from the germination bench. Obviously won't be able to put them into the greenhouse for a while.

But what else is new? Greenhouse in process or not, I always start to get overwhelmed just about this time of year.