Re: New question

Jim,
I have a friend in England ( a Royal Hort Society Judge) who recommended "sitting on the soil with bare buns" . If the cold seeps in after 15 minutes or so, it's too cold to plant beans and such. For my readers, I've sanitized to be sitting on the soil while wearing short pants. It's pretty much the same. 

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----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com> 
To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 3:31 PM
Subject: [CHAT] New question
Anybody out there use a soil thermometer? If so, which one, and are you happy with it.
Occurs to me I need one, if for no other reason than to figure out when to plant beans--local garden writers say when soil is 60 degrees; OFA says April 15 [actually April 24 if you buy into the moon stuff]-- so are they more or less the same? Only one way to find out as near as I can tell. 


Inland Jim
Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
39.9" Precipitation
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 102 F [39 C]

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