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Connie Hoy wrote:
> 
> 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
Connie,
 May 15th is the cut off date to be sure and miss frost. We planted 
our tomatoes the 2nd. week of April, so it was early. Had to really 
look hard for plants. We kept buying  more plants until we realized we 
had planted 110, figured that was a good stopping place. Still with 
all the wet weather we had after planting, there does not seem to be 
an abundance of tomatoes at one time like there usually is. There are 
plenty to eat and give away to friends and neighbors, and that is ok 
too. I only can tomatoe juice to cook spaghetti sauce and such. My big 
canning days are over, it is too much of a task, and the kids are gone 
from home, but they sure love the spaghetti dinners on Sundays.
Zone 5/6 Indiana
Monica
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