For many Christians, Palm Sunday is a significant calendar day in the religious scheme of things. It is for me as well, but right in the back of my mind are other calendar items that I only learned when I left New York for a lifetime affinity for New England – Trap Day on the Coast, Valentines Day for tapping Maples, and Palm Sunday for planting peas.
For me, it’s sugar peas, and I cheat. I cover the planting bed with remay ( an agricultural spun fabric that allows moisture and light in but traps warmth) to warm the bed, and then I start the peas. The warmer soil temperature helps the sprouting process.
You laugh and perhaps wonder if I use astrological tables of the constellations or moon phases for gardening. No, I do not, but I’ve been around long enough to know people who do. I tend to judge a garden by what it produces rather than by my opinions of the gardener’s habits.
Get out there and get started.
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It feels like Palm Sunday is the perfect day for planting peas. It will still be too early to plant here in Wisconsin, but I’m hoping that the daffodils and tulips start popping up once we get rid of the colder temps.
That’s right, you are at least one entire USDA zone cooler than me. BRRRRRRRR.
I went out to the garden this afternoon and guess what? Tulips, allium and sedum are popping out of the ground. I am so happy!