Originally Posted by
nlerner
You are snubbing your nose at the weather gods with all of that planting before Memorial Day in New England.
You and Scozim are both correct to a point, but gardening is like cycling in that you have to balance the risks involved. If you wait to plant until you're absolutely, 100% positive that all danger of spring frost has passed, you're sure to get blasted by a fall frost before things are ready.
Of course, you can always limit your garden to kale, brussels sprouts, and other things that can stand any amount of frost, but if you can't have basil and home-grown tomatoes, why bother with a garden in the first place?