How to do it --You can still plant on St Patrick's Day

Many people believe that St Paddy's Day planting of even a token amount of peas, nions, or greens will bring good fortune to your garden for the summer. The ground is of course current rock solid frozen and the nightime low temperatures for the next two weeks are forecast to remain brutally low.  Dont worry -- youcan be rescued by a gardener's best friends  --  fresh manure and her distant cousin working compost.  First identify a well drained row or spot in your garden ( the drainage is most important for this trick).  Then shovel or scrape the snow off as best you can .  Fresh manure, mixed with other composting materials, is best but just manure spread thick as you can on the row will start the process.  Covering with dark or black cloth  (some people have a good arguement against black plastic)to attract the warmth of the sun will accelerate the 'cooking'.  If you are diligent, you can go out every couple of days and rotate the compost, but it is not necessary.  The cooking process will melt the frost line and allow you to plant your peas and onions on St Paddy's day just like my grandfather told me was necessary. How much compost you leave and how much you fork to the side is your choice.  True confession:  I plant token rows on St Paddy's day as a personal hobby.  Ten days later i will plant the full crops when the weather improves.