late frost

We should be in the clear. After about May 15, there's very very little chance that we'll have a frost. Last night, I suppose we did, and while I haven't surveyed the scene yet, I think I'm clear. I had been feeling well behind on getting those warm season crops in the ground-- the tomato and basil-types-- keeping things safely in the greenhouse (or at the plant store, where I'd resisted buying them on a number of occasions). I think it paid off, and the forecast from here on out looks reasonable, so this afternoon, on my precious day off, once the mercury gets a little higher (supposed to be in the low 60's later on), I'll finish up the square foot garden guides and send caution to the wind, confident that last night's frost will truly be the last.

On another note, Friday I got to buy all the plants for Ypsi PRIDE Day. Super indulgent, kid-in-a-candy-store sort of feeling to get to choose hundreds of plants. The process could be a little smoother in terms of advance planning, but we're working on that for next year. At Block's-- the cheapest place in the world to buy plants (cheaper than wholesale in many cases), and family-owned (it's by the Detroit Airport-- corner of Middlebelt & Eureka Road), mobs of people were eating up the springtime goodness.