So a friend of mine who grows a huge garden for a homeless shelter posted that he planted over 100 peas and 100 radishes this past weekend. (lives in same town as I do) He said he always plants these two seeds just as soon as the snow is gone but before the last frost. He said he has a 99 percent germination success sowing the seeds this early. Me being the eager beaver I am and so wanting to get outside and start planting runs outside after work today. Got my shovel in hand and a few buckets of compost in five gallon pails as well as seeds in my pocket. I'm all excited to plant. Get all my equipment dragged out to the garden and ready to put in work turning the ground that is bare of snow and add in the new nutrients. UGHHHHH, put the shovel to the ground and step on the edge to push down and start turning. It was hard as a rock, frozen solid at least 4 inches thick. All I was able to do was slightly lift the top four inch by 5 foot block of ice. Oh well maybe by the weekend the ice block will have melted.
