The garden has started to stir - first crocuses and nettles and now the garlic. Just three days ago I checked the garlic beds and they were frozen solid. Then yesterday when I checked it was no longer frozen, and there were already garlic sprouts popping up.
Last fall I did not harvest my carrots but buried them in leaves for insulation and covered them with a tarp and boards. So with the ground unfrozen it was time to check on them. And they did great! I harvested about 1/6 of the carrot bed because that's all the carrots I can fit in my fridge. They are perfectly crunchy and very sweet. I figure I'll leave the rest of them in the ground until it is time to replant more carrots in a month or so. I am going to end up with about 5 gallons of carrots at the time of year when you don't normally have garden carrots.
And finally while walking the dogs I checked on the blueberries. Most of the bushes are not yet blooming, but down by the boardwalk through the swamp I found a few that had fully open flowers. This is actually just about normal for first blueberry blossoms. But maybe a little later than normal for last 10 years or so.
Patrick
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