Did you hear about the guy who tried to convince his wife she might be dressed too fancy to be in the garden? She wouldn’t hear of it, and she dug in her heels.

My wife, Mary, and I planted our vegetable garden over the Memorial Day weekend, and both of us were too dirt-covered to look very fancy, but it was a thrill to get the job done and we had a great time.

Many gardeners remember our parents and grandparents recommending Memorial Day as the best time to plant the vegetable garden, and before it was moved to the last Monday of May in 1968, Memorial Day was observed May 30. Old-time vegetable gardeners were talking about waiting until the end of May, when soil was warm and the chance of late frost was minimal.

If we followed Memorial Day as a guideline this year, the May 26 date was

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