Local gardens growing despite cold ground this spring

Every year when spring comes around, home gardeners start getting the itch to plan out their vegetable gardens.
Each spring is different when it comes to figuring out what Mother Nature has in store—dry, wet, snow, hail, hot days or cold nights.
This year, winter hung on a bit longer and the nights continued to reach some freezing temperatures well into spring.
Dennis Krutsinger has been gardening for a number of years and said the cold temperatures were keeping the ground cold longer.
“I’m no expert, and I’ve had my failures, too. The extended chilly nights kept ground temperatures cold longer. People get in a hurry to plant too soon which causes plants to stay dormant,” Krutsinger said.
He said he remembered a spring seven or eight years ago when it snowed the third week in May.
“The last few days have made up for the cold. A couple more days of this kind of weather and everything will take off,” he added.
Krutsinger planted onions about six weeks ago, and they are doing fine.
“Even hail doesn’t usually hurt onions much,” he said.
“I just planted my tomato plants five days ago once the ground temp was up. I always plant Romas and Park’s Whoppers,” he said.

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