It’s hard to believe but it’s actually okay to start doing some planting here in Colorado – along the front range, least. I suppose it might be more of a shock in years when we weren’t having temperatures in the 60′s on a daily basis in early March, but it still feels strange to be putting seed in the ground when I have to wear a jacket and use the heater in my truck for my morning commute.
So what should you be planting now? Well, don’t let the warm weather get you too excited. This is Colorado after all and there’s still a really good chance that we’re going to get some more freezing temps and maybe even some snow before old man winter is gone for good. (remember that 4″ of snow we got last week in mid-April?) But if you want to plant salad greens or snow peas, now is a great time to do it.
But what else can I plant? Look for seed packets that tell you it’s okay to plant outdoors 4-6 weeks before the average frost or even say to plant as soon as the ground can be worked. Remember that the average last frost here isn’t until around Mother’s Day in mid-May, so hold off on plants that aren’t cold hardy.
This isn’t meant to be a definitive list, but some things you can at least consider planting now are lettuce, spinach, peas, cabbage, radishes, carrots, kale, onions, potatoes and broccoli.
It’s also a good time, and maybe even a little late, to be starting your seeds indoors for warm weather transplants. But we’ll cover that in another post.
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