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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Normally we have snow and with the snow we have lots of clear days.  The 
temps kind of hover around 30 to 40, with it sometimes going down to 20 at 
night.  This year is unheard of, weatherwise.  We have rain and with the 
rain we have COLD!  Frequently down below 10 and we hit zero about once a 
week.  And it is gray and overcast daily.  About a month ago I gave up on 
anything in the garden at all.  Too wet, too humid (damp) and way too cold. 
Even the raised beds are swamped!  The ground itself isn't frozen but the 
raised beds keep freezing and thawing.  Checked in one corner of the garlic 
bed and the garlic is rotted!  I put everything away and gave up on planting 
anything.  Oh, and the winds took out the one section I have PVC hooped.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
> Same here. We're in similar territory. At present we have up to 2' of snow
> on the ground in most spots (less if it has blown and drifted away). We
> expect up to 4" tomorrow. Yay! (Sarcasm implied).
>
> My question: Should I, in a burst of energy & zeal, shovel the garden
> removing all but a couple inches of snow (if I can, some of it is ice)?
> Wondering about the extreme moist ground I'll have--mud season--and how 
> that
> will affect planting the typical early veggies?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lisa
> sw VA
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