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A whole lot of space but where to start?

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Feb 10, 2021
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It's never too early to start planning the garden.

It's late February and there's still at least 2 ft of snow on the ground. It feels early, but yesterday I started planning our spring garden. We have a pretty short growing season here (USDA Zone 5), so we have to begin now. I start seedlings indoors in starter trays then transplant them into the greenhouse once the "serious freezing" has passed. That could be anywhere from late March to mid-April. Once summer begins, I transplant some of those greenhouse starters into the field.

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