I don’t know whether I’m early, late or just right. Crazy weather in Delaware this month. It even snowed one day. Anyway, I’ve planted green beans this week from seedlings. Tomorrow goes the cucumbers. Sunday or Monday, peppers and asparagus. Hoping to get the new bed in quickly so I can put in the tomatoes, lettuce and herbs.
Trying something new this year. Instead of random planting, I’m using mushroom compost in a raised row and no mulch.
While I am not sure as to what kind of micro-climate you have in Delaware, I would postpone for a week,
or plant and be prepared to cover from frost/cold with blanket or tarp and some straw.
We have full moon, and a cold wave coming in with frost warning for Tuesday-Wednesday in Western NY.
Sometimes it is better to be safe ,.. rather than sorry !
The rule of thumb with beans is to stand barefoot where you want to sow them for five minutes. If your feet get uncomfortably cold, cover the soil with black trash bags to build up the heat until the soil feels comfortable to stand in. Works for all warm-weather seed crops: cukes, squash, melons. Keeping the bags cutting Xs with a scalpel knife to burrow the seeds in until frost risk is past, then use scizzors to cut the bags away and off when not needed anymore. Or keep the bags, cutting long irrigation slashes and mulch for cosmetics with gravel, straw, etc.
Our soil warms up so quick in centex we don’t have to do that, but conversely we can’t grow many fruiting trees for lack of chilling hours. They are selling Kiwi vines at our Lowe’s nursery this week, and raspberries.