At long last, spring weather is securely in place. The soil has drained and warmed and trees are stretching and quickly greening up. Many of us really get the gardening bug at this time of year but think that May is somehow already too late or behind schedule for the best planting possibilities. Now that temperatures are consistently in the 50 s at night and daytime weather is warm and settled, it s the perfect time for sowing seeds right into the garden.
Good choices are summertime kitchen garden staples like squash, beans, cucumbers and melons.
Remember that if your first sowing comes up unevenly you can plug in more seeds. They ll come up and catch up quickly at this time of year. Crunchy Cukes Cucumbers love warm, comfortable conditions. Start with well manured, rich soil for best production. I like to sow seeds in a raised mound, planting five or six seeds in each raised one-foot circle, then thinning to the two best seedlings.