So, as I looked over my plan I went back to the Heritage Seeds website and read the planting recommendations again. For my main garden, the recommended soil temperatures range from 60 to 80 degrees.
I searched for Baltimore current soil temperatures, and found a Dept of Ag source that is tracking the soil conditions daily in Powder Mill (a bit south of here):
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nwcc/scansmst.jsp?days=1&site=2049&state=md
According to this report, yesterday the soil was just above 54 degrees.
I also noted that my squash in particular is recommended to plant in late spring/early summer. However, I need to check some local resources on this as I'm wondering if that would reflect temperatures and conditions in a different zone.
All in all, other than being behind on my pepper sprouting, I'm feeling less behind this week as I learn that things actually need to go in a bit later than I suspected. It is supposed to be beautiful and rain free for a few days starting tomorrow, so I'm really looking forward to finally finishing my bed preparations, setting up my compost system (thanks to Shannen) and soaking up the D vitamins.
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