March is upon us, there are jobs in the vegetable garden that need doing and the weather this week has been glorious. So, no excuses.
Jobs List
1. Sow seeds and plant out whatever you want for this year.
Indoors: Asparagus Aubergines Brussels Sprouts Celery
Cucumbers Cabbages Chilli’s Cauliflowers
Fennel Kale Leeks Melons
Marigolds Nasturtiums Tomatoes
Outdoors: Asparagus (crowns) Lettuces Onions (sets) Parsnips Spinach Rhubarb (crowns)
I generally plant everything into seed trays or in rootrainers leaving them in the greenhouse or on windowsills, later on re-potting the plants or planting them straight out, rather that sowing seeds directly into the ground. This means that I know what I have planted out and where.
2. Cover perennials (plants that come up year after year), such as strawberries, cover your lettuce, spinach and anything else that you have growing with mini poly tunnels or cloches. This will give them an extra boost to grow faster and better. Cover where you are to plant your potatoes with either a fleece of tunnel to warm up the earth ready to plant them out at the end of March.
3. Rhubarb, if you have a rhubarb forcer now is the time to use it!
4. Potatoes, these should be placed in a light airy place chitting. This means letting the roots begin to grow.
5. Dig or rotavate the beds in preparation for planting out.
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