A late gardener

It is the middle of April and I have not been actively gardening. The weather has been cold and that is my excuse, although it isn't really a good excuse. The four largest beds have been prepared. Those four beds had been covered with leaves and were easy to turn over and had few weeds growing. I added a bit of bone meal and some chicken manure to the beds and now they are ready to plant. At the beginning of April I set out Novella Shell peas and pots of sweet peas. Snow peas were planted earlier but I believe the crows pulled them from the ground as soon as they sprouted. I will have to replant quickly or it will be too late for this year.
I planted a new lettuce mostly for the name and the short maturity time; Drunken Woman Frizzy Head. Hope it is as fun to eat as it is to say.
For the first time I set out onion sets. Usually I get starts of Walla Walla's with mixed results. This year I am hopeful for some big yellow rock onions in late summer that will keep through the fall.
I think that having all the over wintering veggies still alive has kept me thinking that the garden is active. It is actively going to seed and things need to be pulled up which I have little heart for. Arugula is now a flowering plant although it still tastes good. The kale is a beautiful ornamental. Old onions are about to flower, the fat round flower heads look great to me. And while I tell myself that the parsnips are growing I know that soon they will become mushy with new growth and it is time to pull them up and eat what I can. The parsnips did over winter just fine but they did not get enough growth in the fall to be full sized. Baby parsnips are better than no parsnips is my thought for now.
We set out some Yellow Fin potatoes and I have some red and blue ones to follow.
Slowly working my way through spring planting....weather permitting.