Seedlings

It hasn't been rainy this spring. I recall last year it was raining every single Saturday until June. No morning bike rides, and I couldn't put the garden in. I haven't had that problem, no this year I have a different problem.

It's cold.

I can ride in the cold, rather well in fact. But the garden, that's an issue. The ground has a temperature threshold we haven't reached yet. My seedlings demand the dirt.

The first year I had a garden here at the house, it exceeded all my expectations. The second year, nature realized what I was doing and voles moved in, destroying everything. Year three was better as I had deterrents in place. It's been at that level ever since, but that's when, it would seem, the weather began to conspire against me.

Last week Monday it was 90 degrees (you know, while I was at work), but this Memorial Day, with all our outdoor festivities and free time? We're wearing sweaters.