Lots of people are overcome by spring fever and plant too early. What is the average last frost date for your region? I'd expect that it might be sometime in late May, considering your zone.

You'll never make this mistake again, by the way. Check with your local county extension office for the last expected frost date and plan to plant a couple of weeks AFTER that date....next year.

Pick a few healthy favorites, cover them with a big cardboard box lined with bubble wrap and pray.

I have been heating my green house with Christmas lights, the ones that look like colored night lights. It has worked so far.

Good luck, maybe a few favorites will make it thru.

d in Colorado

Not exactly spring fever -- due to a convergence of birthdays in the in-laws' family we host a party either Memorial Day weekend or the one after. Waiting to start seeds until the middle of the May would mean *nothing* would be up at that time. Stupid weather.

I know about the frost date thing, but this spring has been way way colder than in previous years. I have a huge amount of potted plants on my deck, and this time last year they were twice as large and some were blooming. The nights are what does it. 40 degrees over and over is also taking it's tole here. UCK!!

Yeah the weather this spring has been colder here in Maryland than I expected. Today the high is 53F!!!!! It looks like Im trying to bonsai my veggies...I just bought a navel orange tree and have been having to keep it inside.

Imagine, the HUGE stupid LONG wait to finally enjoy our plants outdoors, just for a measly month or two..lol

I sympathize with you...June, July, and August go by as fast as a race horse, and by the time my flowers mature, I forget what they look like...

Mike..:-)