Two Months

last frost date here is mid May. my mom has always insisted on using Memorial Day weekend as the last frost date. the very fine folks at the local Cornell AG Extension recommend it also. in the 6-7 years i've been gardening, i have yet to be bitten by frost after Memorial Day.

snipped-for-privacy@sdf.org wrote: ...

same here, we're probably about the same distance north.

i try some early plantings in mid-April or early May of beans and peas to see how they go. last year they didn't get damaged at all from a few light frost events.

songbird

Latitude: 42°59′53″ N

close enough to both Lakes Erie and Ontario to be affected by them. the Great <s>Lakes</s> Heat Sinks significantly affect temperatures and the weather.

you use row covers? right now they appear to be more tedium than i care to sacrifice time for. haven't done it yet.

no, i don't cover them unless i really am worried about a hard frost and don't want to risk it. the beans i plant early i have plenty of so if they don't make it i can replant, but once they are up and growing i might want to protect them if they've been up a week or longer.

peas can usually survive some cold so i don't worry as much about them and so far they've done ok.

songbird