Last week's warm weather may have some itching to be out in the garden, but experts said it's still too soon. A freeze warning is in effect Monday night into Tuesday morning. At Malerba's Farm in Norwich, the greenhouses were full. The farm stand, however, were not. The farm has 20 greenhouses with hundreds of thousands of plants. Nearly all of them remained inside. Owner Vinnie Malerba said only cold crops like lettuce can survive weather like this. However, even lettuce will be covered Monday night.
"[Monday] morning by 7 [a.m.] there was a coating of ice on all of it," Malerba said. Everything else stays in the greenhouse at about 60 degrees to keep the plants alive and looking good.
"They flocked in here those three days of warm weather," Malerba said. "I keep warning them it's going to go away, it's going to go back to normal."
From seed to bloom, hundreds of thousands of plants are coming to life at the farm. Customers like Judy Conero of Lisbon are eager to bring them home.
"We are here for some early flowers to get some color for our black, brown yuckiness," Conero said. She knows it's too early, but has a plan.
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