Monday in the garden

    The abnormally cold and dry spring continues here in the North Country and the Northeast US as well.  I am usually anxious for dry weather in the spring, as much of my garden is a heavy, clay soil which warms and dries only grudgingly.   But as the saying goes, be careful for what you wish for.  My early seedings of carrots, beets, parsley and spinach are waiting for rain and nights consistently above freezing before sprouting.  The cold frame plantings of lettuce seem to be growing normally, but what is normal these days.   One bright note is the possibility of wintered over spinach for the first time in years.  I have been disappointed before when spinach seemed to winter over only to shrivel and die after a late spring freeze.  We'll see...