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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ spring at last in DC]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[After a cold first week April has averaged well above normal and plant progress is near seasonal means.   I could plant tomatoes but am short of time (work, teenagers, dogs, boyscouts) and frost is still possible.    First gardenia of the season today for my wife.   <br /><br />Winter broccoli is almost done and spinach has bolted but it's only a few weeks till the spring planted ones crop. There is no broccoli that can compare though with the April florets from ov...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wunderground.com/blog/georgevandenberghe/comment.html?entrynum=3&quot;&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;<img src="http://server.as5000.com/AS5000/adserver/image?ID=WUND-00070&C=0" width="0" height="0" border="0"/>]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Latest early spring in many years for DC]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[I posted three weeks ago about typical chill in the Washington DC area compared with 2012.  It's now atypical.  On April 2  I am looking at two more slam dunk freezing nights where it isn't even safe to plant lettuce and pea transplants (well down in the 20s in my stream valley).  In 23 years I don't remember another April 1 I couldn't do this.   The GFS indicates a warmup this weekend and next week and that's when I'll FINALLY get started.  I started sweet corn Mar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wunderground.com/blog/georgevandenberghe/comment.html?entrynum=2&quot;&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;<img src="http://server.as5000.com/AS5000/adserver/image?ID=WUND-00070&C=0" width="0" height="0" border="0"/>]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Spring again]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Last year at this time I looked at the GFS 2 week forecast and realized we were done with -5C lows in the DC area for the rest of the season.  That's about two weeks earlier than I usually feel safe.  This is the threshold for planting lettuce plants, pea transplants and other slightly hardy cool season crops.  I also, based on this forecast, started sweet corn transplants in early March rather than the last decade as I usually do.  Contrary to most other literature...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wunderground.com/blog/georgevandenberghe/comment.html?entrynum=1&quot;&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;<img src="http://server.as5000.com/AS5000/adserver/image?ID=WUND-00070&C=0" width="0" height="0" border="0"/>]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Waiting for winter.]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Still waiting for winter in Central MD.  Last temperature below -5C was<br />in early spring of 2012. GFS looks warm for next seven days, then only seasonable.<br /><br />Just one data point but DC in 2012 shared the warmth stated in Dr Masters' blog.<br /><br /><br />Garden observations in suburban DC MD.<br />March 13 Eastern Field crickets SURVIVED THE WINTER.<br />March 15 Soil over 60F(May level). Planted a single tomato as experiment(in a fr<br />ost hollow ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wunderground.com/blog/georgevandenberghe/comment.html?entrynum=0&quot;&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;<img src="http://server.as5000.com/AS5000/adserver/image?ID=WUND-00070&C=0" width="0" height="0" border="0"/>]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2013 21:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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