March 2020

 

 

 

 

 

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

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March 2019 diary entry

March seed sowing schedule

Details of what was sown/planted in March

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For March 2020 weather summary

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Details of our March harvest

1 - 8 March

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Planted some potatoes in crates in the plot greenhouse

Sowed some carrots and radishes in crates in the ploy greenhouse

Sowed parsley and lettuce in garden greenhouse

Trimmed lavender bed on the allotment.

Clivia that I grew from seed is flowering

Cyclamen seeds taken from houseplants are germinating.

Bought two pot mums.

First harvest of spring?

First sowings on the coldest day of winter

Baby clivias

A tentative start to the season

Started planting but only inside

First of March Plot Tour - video

 

 

 

9 - 15 March

 

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Pruned roses at the allotment

Trimmed gooseberries

Greengage is flowering

Camellia has started to flower

Cut grass at the allotment and in the garden

Is winter being nudged aside?

To sow or not to sow

16 - 22 March

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More tidying of the plot

Cut back autumn fruiting raspberries

Will we be able tp get to the plot

 

23 - 31 March

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First week of lockdown but can syll visit the allotment

Replaced passion flower trellis

Started to repair compost bin

Finished pruning gooseberries

Took gooseberry cuttings

Tilled smaller beds

Planted some Casablanca and International Kidney potatoes

Tided some fruit beds and flower beds

Prepared some beds for planting

Carrots have germinated

Saw first peacock butterfly

Is this real life

Lockdown - day 1 - warmest day of the year

Lockdown day 7- what to sow

 

 

 

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