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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

I planted asparagus from seed and now have a little forest of 1-2" tall 
asparagi<g>.  ;)  I'm totally psyched about that because as you know, 
asparagus crowns are expensive!  However, I do have a problem...
I've had them in the house(temp ranges from 50-90 as they are in the 
same room as the woodstove) since they were planted on 1/20, but now I 
need the indoor light shelf space for something else.   Can these babies 
 survive the greenhouse?  It is unheated, but has southern exposure and 
generally stays above freezing.  They will get plenty of light, but I am 
worried about the cold.  My only other choice is in front of the window 
in a bedroom that remains closed off.  In the bedroom, the temp is about 
50 degrees, but the plants will get less light, even by the window.

Question #2..
Exactly how much cold can cabbage transplants take?  It is still getting 
into the low twenties and teens here, but....
Last frost date is usually March 30-April 5 time frame.  I usually plant 
my cabbages into the raised beds(with remay covers) around the first of 
March.  My cabbages are now about 4 inches tall, leaves are good 
sized...do you think they will be okay in the greenhouse for a few more 
weeks?  This is a new variety of cabbage(Gonzales Baby Cabbage from 
Scheepers) that I am trying, and it is growing leaps and bounds faster 
than any other cabbages I've ever grown.

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Many of our greatest American thinkers, men of the caliber of Thomas 
Jefferson, Henry Thoreau, Mark Twain, William James, and John Muir, have 
found the forest an effective stimulus to original thought.
Bob Marshall