Ezzirah,

I remove the coverings as soon as possible once the freeze/snow/ice danger is gone, so all my coverings will come off the beds today probably between about 9 a.m. and noon, just after the air temps get above freezing and coverings won't go back on the cool-season crops unless snow or sleet are forecast.

If the soil in your garden is already really, really wet, you could cover those areas to keep rain off of them, but I normally don't. It takes a lot of rain to keep the beds too wet for seeds. We had that kind of year in 2007 and in April/May 2009 here in Love County, but so far haven't seen that sort of terribly heavy rainfall yet this year. All that snow melts down to almost nothing in terms of inches of moisture.

Congrats on the three peas that have sprouted! Maybe 3 doesn't sound like a lot, but they are a start...somebody has to be brave and sprout first, and I am sure some more peas will sprout this week to join those first 3 brave plants.

Dawn

Thanks again, Dawn, I will sneak home for an early lunch and pull them off, and in less I see a freeze warning, not put them back on.

I don't have pea plants yet that I know of, in less they came up under the plastic. I planted them almost two weeks ago now. Sorry if I mis typed...I do have musclen greens, I hope once I pull the plastic off.