@JustaMom5465 - go for it! My Dad used to say you could plant peas by St. Patty’s day and I would plant them earlier when I lived in the mid atlantic. They don’t mind snow! Seriously, they will grow up right through snow. But the ground can’t be frozen, of course.
Also with peas it’s not a bad idea to do some timed plantings - like plant some seed every 2 weeks for staggered growth and production. So if these first planting doesn’t yield growth, replant in another couple of weeks!
I contacted my community garden yesterday to see if we were allowed to come work in our gardens. The gardens are on the ground of a beautiful property that is also used for other educational purposes - the buildings are closed but the grounds are technically open. We have to hold off yet. 
They are concerned that if they give the “go” to gardeners it will create too many people on the grounds. Our head gardener told me though that she is using this time to grow TONS of plants via seed in their coldframes so she said if we get a little behind she will have lots of nice plants to share with us.
Thanks all! Put the peas in on Sunday 
It felt so good to dig in the dirt. On Monday we got about 3" of snow. My dad used to call that “poor man’s fertilizer”. It’s all melted now so we’ll see!
Good idea about staggered plantings, maybe I’ll put the remainder in this weekend or next.
I was able to get in several garden beds today. It was really so lovely being outside I didn’t mind the work one bit. I was also excited to see all my perennials peeking through the soil.
Was surprised to see the forsythias had a lot of buds so early in the season for upstate NY.
I think today is the last nice day for awhile.
I am going to plant green onions (scallion) tomorrow. Every year around this time I got about 10 lbs if onion sets from Agway (by mid April the onions are gone). This year I called the store and the owner said “don’t worry hon I’ll drop 10 lbs to your home tomorrow”. He called me “hon” and I loved it ?. I only see him once a year and apparently he remembers me.
DH got my garden ready with new soil and fertilizer since 2 weeks ago. I don’t have the patient to plant anything from seeds, so I have to wait for a few more weeks to get cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, green bean plants, etc. i was told the plants haven’t coming in to the stores yet.
^^^ I’m the same with seeds @Nhatrang ! Except I always do my zinnias via seed.
I somehow overlooked this thread when initially started so thank you @doschicos for linking it in the corona thread.
My husband cleaned out our raised beds gardens last weekend. This was the first time he planted broccoli and bok choy, well before we knew we were going to be stuck at home. It was nice to have those fresh veggies on hand the last few weeks so we could stretch our store bought purchases out a little longer.
I was lazy last fall and never cleaned out the pots on my deck where I grow herbs. Just my luck we had a very mild winter this year because my “looked dried out and dead” thyme, oregano and rosemary plants are suddenly alive and well. I used some of the oregano last night in a batch of pesto with store bought basil. I can’t wait for it to be warm enough to plant basil outdoors.
Our garden centers are still open here and the one closest to me offers phone/online ordering with curbside pickup. It’s not quite warm enough yet to get any garden plants but planning on several varieties of tomatoes, bell and jalapeño peppers, cucumber, basil, zucchini and yellow squash, and eggplant. We will also add some other herbs on the deck. We are limited in space/sunlight due to large trees unfortunately.
@Nhatrang I’m the same way WRT seeds, but last year, when we already had mature tomato plants, my husband’s coworker gave him some tomato plant seeds her parents brought back from Italy. Dh planted them in late June and they grew quickly enough that we had tomatoes in September and possibly even still had some in early October (we live in MD, zone 7a).
Impatiently awaiting a the delivery of a giant arborvitae (an evergreen shrub) I ordered online. It should arrive any day. It may be just a tad early to plant it, but I’m still eager to get my gardening-starved hands on it!
Enjoying the daffodils. Waiting for tulips. Wanting to play in the dirt. But keeping in mind that “April is the cruelest month,” and it has nothing to do with coronavirus…
Awesome! Did it taste better or different? That’s the fastest I’ve heard tomato plants growing from seed to fruit in 3 months! Must be something with the Italian seed? Hmmmm next time we go we will bring back some. Is it even allowed? To bring seeds cross borders?
Well…those peas I planted 2 weeks ago haven’t shown any signs of life yet…pack says 8-12 days. I’m hoping it’s just because it’s been cold and damp. Fingers crossed…
Isn’t it the best feeling ever? My mint start to come up all on its own and I was so excited. I was screaming telling everyone to come and look lol.
I love basil too. I usually have 1 or 2 Italian basil plants and a dozen Thai basil plants each year. I freeze Italian basils and use it through out the year. The Thai basil they don’t grow fast enough for me to eat them. I put it on every stir fried dish.
I can’t wait to have herbs outside again. SOON. A little early here to plant them though my garlic chives are making an appearance.
I planted some radish yesterday in a random pot and put it in a sunny spot. Why not?!!
Beautiful day here today! I divided a huge Clematis into 3 plants, a huge Sedum into 3 plants and relocated part of a Shasta Daisy. Let’s hope everyone likes their new location.
I had 2 yards of mulch delivered so that will be my project for the next few days. It has been a mild winter and a very early spring so with lot’s of time on my hands I’m getting started.
My tulips are coming up nicely. I’m battling with the moles, voles, and probably rabbits. I’ve treated for grubs and fertilized with Hollytone and bluetone for my blue Hydrangeas. I have a couple of Knockout roses that got some Rosetone.
I think it’s going to be a great garden year!
I’m envious of those of you in warmer climates!
My gardening project today was putting out our stepping stones, bird bath, and garden decor that we store in the garage over the winter.
I was hoping to order some yews from the local gardening center but they don’t have them in stock. We’ll just wait until we are able to go out again.
^^^ All the taking out the garden/plant/pot/yard stuff is a couple days work in itself! I usually dump out all my pot dirt, wash the pots and them refill the pots with some new nutrient rich soil mixed with the dumped stuff!
So, since I don’t want to go anywhere near a HD or a Lowes right now, I decided to cut several grape tomatoes in half, left them on paper towel for a few days (partly b/c I was having the deck pressure washed so had to wait to redo the deck pots) and planted each half in the pots yesterday. Fertilized and watered the soil with plant food. If they grow, great. If not, I’ll look into getting plants later.
^^^ Is this something you have tried in the past or have heard that works - I mean I know they have seeds in the middle but if this is a often used method I’m curious about it!
My grandfather used to save seeds from his homegrown tomatoes all the time.
RIght - I just figured the grape tomato seeds would be so small - and maybe would not dry out in the tomato? So would they rot instead of grow? @jym626 will let us know ! She may be onto something!