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Monica,I think it (school)starts the first week of Sept.here..My kids are
all oldies now so I 'm kind of out of touch

So if you toke a chance and it paid off when is your average last hard
frost dates.?Here El Nino held on until just before average spring
planting dates and then seemingly left us and as a result we had extended
cool and wet for sometime .However nothing in this country is reliably
average/normal :-)!
Connie

M. Mathena wrote:

> Connie,
>  We planted tomatoes early this year, we figured if ElNino could keep
> the winter so mild, surely the spring would be the same, so took a
> chance.Will admit there were a couple of nights we were out covering
> the plants with newspaper, but it paid off, we had ripe tomatoes by
> the 4th of July. It was a gamble, but isn't all gardening a gamble? We
> planted the first corn early, and the soil was too wet and cool, so
> had to plow it up and replant. It would be nice to harvest and can and
> freeze veggies in cooler weather tho. I am interested to know when
> schools begin in the different areas. That used to be a big thing when
> I was in school, harvest and the State Fair were usually at the same
> time, now schools start back so early here, but are out the end of
> May. Zone 5/6 Indiana
> Monica
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