You should have started indoor tomatoes in Feb for zone 6, I would wait and buy plants late April ,early May. Peas, including ornamental sweet peas now. Dill now, any flowering seeds that need stratification now(cleome, morning glories, etc). Onion sets, carrots, radishes now and potatoes anytime soon. Good luck...suggestion:buy a gardening book, or check one out at your local library for zone 6. I research like crazy,,then experiment. I live in zone 6, but sometimes can get away with zone 5 plants.

This past weekend was all about using the compost, not adding to it. Last year's batch has now been spread on the new garden. Of course, this means that there's space in the bins again (living in the city, I use garbage can composters), so it will soon be time to refill them again. The new plan includes: shaken-out sod removed from the new garden bed, Winter kitchen scraps that have been stockpiled outdoors in lidded buckets, a bag full of random yard waste from a very late-season yard cleanup, some old leaves from a friend (we don't really get leaves in our fenced city yard), and possibly some rabbit and/or chicken manure, since I recently found sources for both. I'm hoping that for once, I'll have enough one-time additions to actually produce some significant heat. Anything's possible, right? :-)

This has always been one of my favorite threads. Don't let it die. Today I shredded tons of paper -- by hand with not the greatest scissors. I really need a paper shredder.

La Marne is an excellent hedge rose, but not so much a solitary focal point. I have 6 around my mailbox with white lantana growing in around them. It is exquisite! Disney in Orlando using LaMarne as hedges EVERYWHERE! The even do this in their prized hybrid gardens in between the hybrid tea showcases are spaces hedged full of LaMarnes. This is an indispensable rose if used in a particular fashion that it is good for. It requires almost nonexistent care and is ALWAYS in bloom in southern climates. Take a look at Credenza. I had it recommended on here before from Pnut ( I haven't seen them post lately), and found it to be an excellent show case rose. It is considered a shrub rose. However, it has gorgeous blood red roses that cluster bloom continually and the bush is large and round and carefree.