Vegetable Gardening

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I like those mason bee houses. Better than having them drilling in the deck (or are those carpenter bees?)

Yes, you are thinking of carpenter bees.
Mason bees do not drill into wood. They nest in crevices that already exist, they don't create tunnels. They like to nest in rocky stone walls or crumbling masonry, or in rotting logs- in the abandoned tunnels left over from tunneling beetles. They seal their nest cavities with little plugs of mud gathered from muddy ditches or damp clay earth.
Carpenter bees will drill their way into old wood on houses, but not the harmless little mason bee.

Thanks for the list of cold weather direct seeders... I will try the radishes, carrots, kale, beets, and Swiss chard- all of which I have seeds for. AFTER next week's predicted nighttime temperature dip into the 'teens. That'll probably be our last hard freeze.