The Cruelest Month

April is definitely the cruelest month for gardeners in the North Country.   Whoever wrote the song about April showers bringing May flowers must have been living in Southern California.  I write this as we are greeting April 1 with a temperature in the low 20s this morning.  The local drive in hot dog emporium, Clare and Carl's is open for  the season and at least one golf course was luring local golfers with 9 holes of golf if you are willing to dodge the remaining snow on the north side of many fairways.  But the truth is April in northern New York has a lot more in common with early December than May.  I will dutifully plant some beets. carrots and spinach this week, but I won't be holding my breath watching for seedlings.