Hi PC2, I don't knock myself out getting cole transplants out in my gardens early. It really depends on your climate. With cloudy, cool Springs - even cool-season crops won't grow much here until late May. Leggy root-bound broccoli and such, isn't so great to set out. They grow quickly indoors so with an April 21st last frost date and not much sun and warmth for a month after that, I'm starting them today. Something quick in the genre is dwarf bok choy. I've even moved transplants into the garden under plastic by now but that hasn't worked very well (plastic collapsed under snow and/or heavy frost damaged the plants thru the plastic). Bok choy will give us nice "cabbage" greens by the 1st of May with putting transplants under plastic in early April. My garden soil is so wet right now, I can't cultivate for another couple of weeks. That will certainly be early enuf to plant some spinach & lettuce. I'll let my soil thermometer be my guide. Heck, it takes more than 3 weeks for spinach to germinate at 41°F and more than a week longer for them to emerge. I may as well wait 3 weeks when it will take them only a week to pop up. Peas will go in about that time, or later. The seed from those nice sweet varieties I like to grow, has rotted in the ground rather than germinate with soil temps below 45°. . . . . just depends on your Spring climate & soil temperatures. Steve

Hey there oogy :) IF you have any of the following left I would love to try them this year, I'd be happy with just a few seeds if necessary! Chile de Arbol fresno pepper sweet corn sugar dots blue lake stringless green bean bird house gourd turnip purple top thai eggplant kermit thai eggplant long purple Thanks in advance! ~Wendy

Here's what I would do. First soil tests, now. This will give you time to add nutrients and adjust pH so when the fall comes around your soil will be in great shape to grow grass. When spring comes treat your lawn like you are going to keep whatever you have, adding water, fertilizer, etc. Kill weeds with Weed B Gone or similar product, once in spring, and once in early summer. This will ensure that most of the weed seeds in your soil germinate, and you will kill the weeds early enough so they won't produce more seeds. At this time you should be doing your homework on what grass you are going to plant. I am assuming you will go with TTTF, but whatever you decide, do research on the best cultivar for your area. Study the NTEP trial results, talk to your local extension office, maybe a local university with a turf grass program. Once you decide what you are going to use, find a reputable seeds seller that sells weed free grass seed. Now, it's late summer, I say forget using plastic to kill the grass. It takes a long time, and it produces favorable conditions for fungal growth, stick with Round-up, it works great, it's fast, it's safe, and cheap. You might have to do it twice. Now, once your lawn is dead, and you scalped it there are a few ways to go. Some people like to do nothing, just power rake and plant on top of that. Others like to core aerate, some like to till. Some say don't till, it disturbs the soil too much and will settle unevenly. I think you have to decide what would be best for you. From what I hear NC soil is usually mostly clay and gets fairly compacted. If this is your case I would probably core aerate, break up the cores, and then cover with a good layer of screened topsoil/compost. Then I would roll, seed, roll again, top dress, apply starter fertilzer, and keep moist for the appropriate period of time (there are watering schedules online, probably somewhere on this forum). Also where you live, labor day might be too early to seed. Ideally you want warm days and cooler, less humid nights, especially when you have seedlings. Nights below 60 degrees are important because most harmful fungi don't thrive in this environment. When this weather situation occurs for you is probably variable, but again, do some research. Hope this helps.

Tommy - I can't find the link on your page to send you an e-mail, you must have hidden or something. I'm interested in : Bonda Ma Jacques Carvo I've got some commericial seed of Trinidad Perfume and seed for Feferoni sladki Ferdi, the picture looks similar to an Italian frying pepper. It is described as a mid-early sweet pepper 12 - 15 cm long roughly 4 - 6 inches long. The seeds are from 2009, so should be still good. Let me know if you are interested.