March 2019

 

 

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March 2018 diary entry

March seed sowing schedule

Details of what was sown/planted in March

 

 

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March harvesting schedule

Details of our March harvest

 

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This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.

1 - 10 March

 

The weather turned wet and windy

Early brassicas arrived and were potted up

More rotovating and edging beds

Tidied another allotment flower bed.

Pruned some roses in the garden

Visited NT Clumber Park

Daphne on flower

Picked first broccoli sprouts and some tiny Brussels sprouts

Continued pollinating the peach blossom

Sowed leeks and lettuce

Streets ahead

Daphne revival

Wettest month of the year and early brassicas

Winter returns

Greenhouse fruit trees - video

Big cultivator gets the job done - video

Is the benefit slopping away?

 

11 - 17 March

 

Very wet and windy

The frog have arrived

Pulled first rhubarb and harvested first of the PSB

Planted potatoes in tubs

Sowed first broad beans

Bought stepping stones for new garden bed.

Our annual visitors blow in

Windy and wet March

The mysterious storm Hannah

Hoping for some early potatoes - video

Who's moved my coldframe? - video

March Harvesting - video

Our comeuppance

 

 

18 - 24 March

 

More preparing beds on the allotment

Planted first onions sets

Took dahlias out of storage and potted up

Cut grass on the plot

Ordered more raspberries and strawberries

Greengage and plum blossom out.

Visit from radio Leeds

Magnolia flowering

Tidying the garden and more work on crab apple area

Starting to turn things round

Making a radio show

Winter goes out on a high

Lots of preparing but not much planted yet

Making a radio show - video

 

25 - 31 March

 

Dug up all the remaining parsnips and carrots

Sowed sweet peas

Trimmed sage plants

Cut back last year's frond from ferns

Finished renovating overgrown bed and planted with Rocket potatoes

Planted some Casablanca and Athlete potatoes

Potatoes planted in crates are shooting.

Planted early brassicas, cabbage, cauliflower and calabrese

Saw first ladybirds

Springing into flower

Winter goes out on a high

Lots of preparing but not much planted yet

Making a droneless view if our blossom - video

March allotment tour - video

Planting early potatoes - video

The green light on planting

Planting starts in a month of two halves

 

 

 

 

 

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