A warm day, especially under the covers

I checked under the covers today and found that the soil temperature was 75 degrees F under the double layer of plastic and 85 degrees F under a single layer. This is on a sunny day at 2pm with a high day temperature of 63 degrees F. It looks like it will be overcast for the rest of the week and we still have below freezing temperatures in store, so I won't remove the plastic just yet.

In the kitchen, there is a box of seeds from Johnny's that arrived a few days ago. I can almost feel the vitality of those seeds waiting to expand under the right conditions. I definitely need to get some seeds started, but I expect that we will be picking the lettuce and parsley that wintered over in a couple of weeks.