Part of the front yard, April 23, 2010
The combination of a season ahead of itself (by about 3 weeks) and the bounty from the overwintered greens has my sense of timing all mixed up. It's still April, but the garden looks like a combination of May and June. The perennial plants (center and top) are well beyond a typical April. At the same time, the overwintered greens (rectangle beds on right) are ready for harvest a month before I would normally would have begun planting, filling in what would have been barren earth with mature plants. These semi-hardy greens can withstand the frosts that are expected for another month. New seedlings (Asian greens, mustards, hardier lettuces, beets, and turnips) were planted early under the white floating row covers. With the warmth of the "blanket," they too will tolerate repeated frosts.
For comparison, here's April 23, 2009:
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