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March 2020
Details of what was sown/planted in March
Archive for previous years' diaries dating from 2007 can be accessed by clicking here
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
1 - 8 March
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 sowings on the coldest day of winter
A tentative start to the season
Started planting but only inside
First of March Plot Tour - video
9 - 15 March
Pruned roses at the allotment
Trimmed gooseberries
Greengage is flowering
Camellia has started to flower
Cut grass at the allotment and in the garden
16 - 22 March
More tidying of the plot
Cut back autumn fruiting raspberries
Will we be able tp get to the plot
23 - 31 March
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
Lockdown - day 1 - warmest day of the year