Continental Spring Gardening: From Last Frost to First Warm Soil

Leggy Indoor Seedlings Mean Too Little Light for the Room Temperature Stale Seedbed Flushes Spring Weeds Before Crops Are Sown Spring Pea and Lettuce Beds Turn Over to Summer Bush Beans Early Warm Spells Push Fruit Bloom Into Late-Frost Danger Rhubarb Harvest Stops by Early Summer to Rebuild Crown Reserves Pencil-Thick Cabbage Transplants Chilled for Weeks Below 10 °C Can Bolt Cold Frames Must Be Vented When Sunny Spring Days Pass 21 °C Cold Spring Soils Release Little Nitrogen From Organic Matter