Grow It Eat It

I'm on the Maryland State Cooperative Extension website this morning. They have a campaign called "Grow It Eat It" through which their vision is to support 1 million Marylanders in growing and eating their own food. You can join the network as well. I'll keep an eye out for a master gardener class in our area. http://extension.umd.edu/gardening/index.cfm

This weekend was beautiful. It feels like the ground is thawed and I'm hoping it stays warm and I can start turning things over.

I bought some seed starting pots--100 to be exact. I am planning to start my stuff next week. According to the Cooperative Extension, April 11 would be and early frost free goal--still a 10% chance of a frost. I think the local wisdom is Mothers Day--but that's May 9th. I will keep an eye out starting mid-April.

The extension said that we could work in compost and fertilizer now and that onions could be started outside as early as now.

My question is, what about all the stuff from last year? Till it in? I think if I do that this week it will provide some time for breaking down before I add the new stuff.

My other ah ha is that I shouldn't start seeds in soil? They should go into a mixture. I'll do some more looking into that. I had planned to plop some leftover potting soil into my little starter pots. I'll "dig around" and post back.

Other growers: tell me about salad tables.