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but not yet that warm
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Perhaps my initial frost free planting date of this next weekend was too optimistic. The lows are forecast to be in the 30’s through the end of March, and the last two mornings we’ve had light frost. We’ve been covering the outdoor lettuce and spinach plants at night, and so far they seem to be doing all right.

Indoors, our lettuce is using its lower leaves like crutches, giving it some semblance of uprightness:

red speckled lettuc

This last weekend we were going to repot the remaining tomatoes, whose roots are starting to poke out curiously all over their little peat pots, but Sunday slipped by and then a power outage left us to play Scrabble by candle- and fire- light. I like those occasional small disruptions in expectations. Breaking routine brings into focus the sensations of the moment: darkness, the color of candlelight, the way the part of you facing the fireplace is almost too warm, yet the other side of you is briskly cool.

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