A Year in Gardening March

Gardening in March

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.

-          Benjamin Franklin

Here are some ideas for gardening in March:

·        March is a fickle month with one day bright and wonderful and the next dark and brooding or just plain rain, rain, and more rain.  So you will still be working on the tilling and beds, in between the weather. 

·        You can plant some of the hardiest leafy greens and spring peas.  They will germinate slowly this time of year and you need to watch out for slugs.

·        In late March you can sow potatoes, so you should be preparing the beds the first part of the month.

·        You can get a jump on spring and plant half-hardy vegetables under the protection of a cloche, this will speed up the germination and growth.  This would be your carrots, brocolli, cabbage, oriental greens, beets, lettuce  or you may start these inside under grow lights to be transplanted out in April.

General Vegetable Fertilizer Recipe

4 parts fish or seed meal

1 part sweet lime(dolomite)

1 part bone meal

1 part kelp meal

Apply 4 pounds per 100 square feet.