its always possible, here in VA weve had snow in April, if it happens id cover what i could and bring the others inside. it wouldnt be a total loss. Most of my peppers/tomatoes are in containers. Corn was old seed and between you and i, not a variety i cared for anyways and i have probably 2lbs of corn seed that needs to be planted in the next 1-2 yrs anyways i guess it wouldnt kill me, just really pi$$ me off a little(more because its my own fault, and i should know better). Im more worried about another hail storm. had one last spring that just destroyed my garden, including my corn. then 2nd run of corn we had the hurricane...

I'll be visiting a plant distribution market in 3 hours, opening times are 2am - 9am so I'm hoping to get 5 - 15 trees for a third of retail price. No idea what they'll have there, I don't expect much at all but ideally I'll be looking for these as trees for starting 2 completely fruiting hedges: A gage type plum. Another sweet eating plum that could cross pollinate my Victoria if I'm lucky. A nectarine and one or two peach. Peregrine is by far the most widely sold peach here, any other variety available will be an unexpected bonus. A sweet cherry. Stella is more available as retail lately but I'd take any I've heard good things about to compliment my single sunburst. Pluots are very restricted in the UK at present, 2 varieties available from 2 companies at elevated prices with other hybrids like aprium not even available. Seeing these there is hoping for too much but there's still hope :) I'd also buy fruiting shrubs I expect are there like elaeagnus, gaultheria, aronia and any ribes and vaccinium that stand out I'll buy. The UK market for fruit plants has been small and restricted as long as I can remember, very slowly coming around with things like honeyberry being introduced at retail level. Just glad I've done the research on species to get, I'm just more or less clueless on varieties of common fruit so it's going to be guesswork with them.

I had a great start to WSing, 50 jugs in one February weekend, because I'd invited a few office friends over to learn how it was done and I was very motivated. But then - - life has gotten busy with other things and I've not gotten back to it. Thank goodness this new WSing grouped has planned a day in April already to do annuals, so I am sure I'll get all my must have annuals done then (amaranthus, profusion zinnia, mellies, tithonia, Yvones Salvia. A couple of comments about things that have been posted: - I've WS lupins in containers for the past 4 years and they have moved to the beds just fine. Like most perennials, get them in early so they can develop in their "homes" and not the jug. A week or two after first real leaves is what I aim for. - Promix bales: I pay about $25 a bale, but I am buying them at a place that doesn't have a retail space to pay for really, just a yard. It's set up for local nurseries to buy their stuff wholesale (and I pay retail cause I'm not a commercial grower) Sometimes if I pay cash they don't charge me tax on top of it. Most seasons I go through at least 7 bales! -gardening pregnant - good for you! Consider a "sit upon" gardening cart (sort of a box on wheeels) to help you be lower yet stable. We don't want our mommy's hurt!!!!! The sunshine and fresh air will be great for those growing babies! - it's never to late to start perennials. I keep going into summer. Those plants often get planted in the fall.It all works. And annuals? I do try to start most of them in April, but I often do a whole other "round" in late June/early July to freshen up my beds. Especially non- profusion cutting zinnias, when the first one's from april get icky (too leggy, P/M, whatever) I just rip them out and put new ones in that bloom often through September into October here. - if you are living where the temps are starting to rise, really try to avoid the frying of your sprouts - it's so discouraging! The first day you are at work, hours away from getting home and you realize the thermometer is rising it is very painful to think about all those poor sprouts crying in the scorching heat. I try to take tops off soon as sprouts emerge if there is not a chance of frost. Nancy

Unfortunately, no. I have a little pebble-bottomed stream bed that goes from the downspout under the Japanese Maple, through the flower bed, to the lawn. It suffers from neglect. I looked at by pbase album and am ashamed to say that the garden looked better when the pictures were taken than they did this year. Two years of no energy or time left over for the garden have taken their toll. Plus, this spring, when one's fancy turns to gardens, I was being told I would have to dig mine up! Maybe next year.