Ok, maybe not. Today is a nice sunny day, although it is 30, thoughts of preperation are confusing me Now's me wonderin' bout Laura's sanity as well!! I mentioned to her that I wanted her help, covering the 25x50 plot,(set aside for the SOON TO BE, world record pumpkin), With plastic, this weekend, and all she said was O.K.?? Hmmm, no doubting look??Actually this is a good, sound and not so idiotic of a move. First, it will melt the snow on the particular area, secondly,it will raise the ground temp, and thirdly(is that a word?)as the sun and air gets warmer, the heat will build and not only warm the soil, but will provide "solarization" killing off many bad creatures that lay near the suface, and most bacteria and disease. It takes about a month of good, warm sun to do this, since there is no chance of setting the Pumpkin in till at least the last of april(using protection)I will have a head start. This will work for anyones garden...no matter what you are planting

SANE!!!!!?????????!!! Who let you in here! Oh that's funny, you know that darn gardening bug venom makes us all crazy!!! All of our ideas are perfectly sane at that moment ( actually yours is still a sane idea) But I just love how we have to rationalize ourselves about our actions when we can't stop thinking!!!!!!!! It's one of those....I have the perfect idea...and then you go out and do it......and then you say "look how good that came out!" It's almost like you knew better before you could explain to others why!!! Good luck on your new venture!!! BTW I'm assuming you use black plastic for the heat retention?

Oh nooooooooo,I was plannin on warmin up my soil early too but I wasent going to try it with a foot and a half of snow on top of it!!!!!Actually the other day I was out shoveling snow off of some of my raised beds because I wanted to get some measurements. No doubt my neighbor thinks I'm insane like Phil.My husband and I are both always nuts for spring, a friend always asks me if my husbands out with the blow torch melting the snow yet?[its a good thing we dont have one]
No Phil your not insane, theres another word for you,"a garden opportunist" and thats a good thing!

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I am old, and repotting wont help!

I only wish I could start something like that here. Shoveling off any of my raised beds would be nearly impossible this year. There's about 5' of snow on the garden right now, and this winter isn't done with us. I'm hoping we lose some as it's supposed to be comparatively warm thru Sunday, but I'm not expecting all this to melt until the end of April or later. I'll be happy if I can bust into the compost pile this weekend and get potting soil I didn't have time to bring in last fall. At least I think I can find the pile. Haven't seen this much snow since the late 70s and early 80s.
Rick

No thanks on the flame thrower, like to see something green during the growing season.Betcha its a good weed torture tho.

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I am old, and repotting wont help!

Yes Phil is SANE Should have seen him climb the tree today. That was after we planted some seed's in the basement. There is Never a dull moment here with him. He is sorting a puzzle right now. As soon as I am done on here we are going to work on it. Laura

Rick, well I decided myself to wait till today or tomorrow to do the spot, really still about 14" of snow out there in that particular spot, but it is 38 right now, warming and a light rain, the snow is going fast , besides that, working with 6 mil plasitc, each sheet being 50'x12', in the wind(about 10 mph. yesterday) would have been hard, Laura doesn't weigh much,May have had to go north to fetch her if the wind caught her right!! So Shamarion, if you see a woman sailing by, please email me , so I can come fetch her!!