Fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing - that's really useful! We have a much longer growing season here and I do have the polytunnel but I think I'd do some indoors with the heat pad as I have my mushroom grow martha inside anyway. I have found I get awesome results growing the capsicums (as we call pepperes here) in the polytunnel in wicking buckets - they get more water and heat there and fertiliser too than the garden proper. I wouldnt have a clue when our last frost is ahha...well, probs September sometime so if I rewind six weeks from there that'll be on the money for getting seeds in in the next fortnight before I go back to work! but all i know is I'm sorting out seeds and potting mix and tidying up ready to get them in soonish is some form!
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We get last frost 1st of May (average) and first frost mid to late October... about 175 growing days for much. Some, like my potato, and some cold weather greens, I can grow later or earlier.
Our winters can have a meter or more of snow, and at times, well below -20ºC
Your winters are crazy. We rarely have snow near me - it's a thrill if there is, and we drive to find it altitude (up in the mountains it's a great ski season). My jalapenos are STILL ripening in the polytunnel and it's gone mid winter now! I mean, I'm cold - but minimum -5 is super rare and days get to more like 12 ish and we're all moaning it's cold! Which it is, for us. A metre of snow in my garden is just inconcievable to me. Like, mindblowing.