It might be snowing, but it's still spring!

Every year I keep a notebook where I dutifully record sun, temperatures, soil amendments, seed types and planting dates. And every winter I lose this notebook. Hopefully, I won't misplace this blog.
Our first pass at vegetable and fruit gardening at our new site west of Boston was not a roaring success. I cleaned out the green tomatoes and early chard in late June to make Fried Green Tomatoes and Oysters Rockefeller for a New Orleans party, and the garden never really recovered after that.
This year, we're expanding the area and paying much more attention to the soil.