Don't Plant Too Much

An email from an avid gardener reminds us that we shouldn't plant too much just yet, as the recent warm snap has given gardeners a case of spring fever. We could still have some very cold nights. Here's the last freeze information from the Virginia Climate Office. It's a pretty interesting site, broken down by different communities.

Here's a few tips (folklore) from Mr. Bennett of Roanoke Co.:

• Keep in mind that until the ground is warm plants like tomatoes do not grow well.
  Yet cabbage and peas are cold crops and it is most late to be starting those!
  
• Try this trick. Put the tips of 7 paper matches in the hole before you drop in the pepper plant. Peppers like the sulfur
  
• Don't forget the 10th of May Cold Spell. (Like the storms on the Ides of March it happens more than you would like to believe)
  
• Good Friday is a good day to plant. This year it is April 6. I will try to drop potato or two into the ground.