MARQUETTE -- With these warm temperatures, you may want a head start on your gardening.
Facebooker Kim Jennings writes: "This weather is nice, but hey, we live in Michigan; it's going to be back in the low 40s in a week or two."
So what kind of prepping can you do?
Jim Isleib, a crop educator, says do not let this warm spell get to you. Use this time to do your grunt work.
"The soil amendment, adding compost and organic material to the soil. Getting yards raked, getting shrubs and trees pruned. We're going to have a little extra time this year to do a lot of that sort of thing," said Isleib.
If you want to start your garden early, be sure to use plants or vegetables that are more resistant to colder temperatures.
Some plants, flowers, or crops germinate when the soils are warm. If the soils are cooler, it will take them a lot longer to sprout. With that delay, they also run the risk of getting diseased easily.
Eric Meister, the owner of Meisters Greenhouse, says to hold off on planting the more tender tropical plants and crops like tomatoes, but there are other vegetables you can plant earlier.
"Some of your root vegetables, like your potatoes, you can plant in mid-May, plant in the ground, and peas can be planted in early May; onions, some of the more heartier vegetables," said Meister
Agriculturists also say to be on the safe side, wait until the end of May, the beginning of June to plant your delicate flowers and veggies.
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