Re: [gardeners] planting time in New England
margaret lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 07 Mar 1999 07:59:01 -0700
At 10:07 PM 3/6/99 PST, you wrote:
>Dear list,
> What? Planting peas near Boston on St. Pattie's Day? (before the
>traditional pub crawl I am assuming) Both my parents were Yankees and
>they always told me "never plant before Memorial Day". Anyone else
>concur? They also used to say, "corn knee high by the 4th of July"...
>
> How about the greater DC area list members? When are you all planning
>garden plantings to avoid last frosts?
>
> Carolyn
> Zone 7b
> Bethesda
If you wait that late, the pea weevils will have a high old time. Margaret