For most of the US this cold blast will be the last and it will be time to start getting our hands dirty. I have a 12 acre farm that fully supports my family and leaves plenty left over for storage and the future. While I'm biased a bit, I think it's time to bring back victory gardens.
Get out there, dig in the dirt, and plant some seeds.
Feel free to ask advice here!
Ive been it it since a kid, now 74. I plant family heirloom cowpeas. Drought resistant, bug resistant, will grow on soil that other things can't use, they climb over weeds, will make a smother crop to mow when you are ready to plant other things. You can use them in three stages, green, shell peas, or dry peas for winter. Hand gather, no machine needed. Also, Illinois Mulberry tree, from Burnt Ridge nursery. Several months of production during warm weather to feed you. Grows very very fast, fruit in a year or two. Easy to graft onto wild seedlings. Also, sweet potatoes produce much for the labor. Keep on the weeding!!!
Save your peach pits. Crack off the shell with a vise. Put the almond on a wet paper towel in a plastic bag in the ice box. Wait for sprout. Plant in pot. Then transplant.
My daughter-in-law loves these. However I had never planted any before until last year. This year I will plant them off to the side of the garden somewhere so they will not take over the rest of the garden. No matter how much I broke the tops back, they spread everywhere. I'm so glad she loved them. So my son will till up another area strictly for them alone. You live and you learn.