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March in the Vegetable Garden.

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May, 2017
By Sally Osgerby
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Everyone wants to crack on in the vegetable garden in March, as the birds begin to sing and the days get longer – but the ground is still cold, and will be until it dries up.  So don’t go mad and sow all your seeds – just put a few in and leave the rest until the soil has dried out.

Sow:

  • early beetroot, carrots, lettuce, radish,spring onions, perpetual spinach directly into the ground
  • peas & broad beans in pots
  • celery in trays on warm window sill & keep moist
  • leeks in a tray to thin later and leave under glass
  • plant onion sets, garlic, Jerusalem artichokes & shallots if not already in
  • plant early potatoes as soon as the ground is dry enough
seed potato in planting hole

seed potato in planting hole

Crop:
Finish harvesting cabbages, leeks, parsnips, kale and sprouting broccoli.

sprout row February

sprout row February

Other jobs:

  • mulch soft fruits with organic matter
  • weed asparagus
  • lift mint every 2 years & divide
  • hoe weeds regularly before they get too big
  • be on constant alert for slugs
black slug

black slug

The vegetable garden in March is the start of the gardening season!

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