May 15th is planting day!

Very interesting...I stopped by the local hardware store today because Zach and I had a few minutes to kill while waiting to pick Logan up from school and I thought Zach might enjoy looking at the nursery plants. Unlike in California, when there is never real danger of a hard frost, the nursery plants here are labeled as to their cold hardiness (e.g. many of their pansies are hardened to 20 degrees) and there was a big sign basically saying "buyer beware...last frost date is May 15 so you're taking your chances if you buy and plant frost-tender plants before then." What a nice service - I guess I don't need to buy a Farmer's Almanac after all.

Zach was a little TOO interested in the flowers, by the way, so we had to move on before he did any damage. But I'm planning a trip to the nursery in two weeks to pick up some goodies to add to my garden.