Gardening in March is an essential time to prepare your garden for the coming spring. Here’s what you need to focus on:

Sowing and Planting:

  • Sow spring vegetables directly in the vegetable garden when the weather warms up and the soil is drier. Examples include carrots, spinach, parsley, onions, lettuce, radish, and parsnip.
  • Plant pre-germinated seedlings such as head lettuce, Jerusalem artichoke, asparagus, rhubarb, beans, cauliflower, broccoli, kohlrabi, and radish.
  • Consider protecting young plants from cold, wind, and precipitation with a cover.

Planting and Caring for Fruit Trees:

  • March is ideal for planting shrubs and fruit trees like blackberries, raspberries, currants, apricot, pear, and apple trees.
  • Prune existing fruit trees to remove diseased and dead growth.

Harvesting Winter Vegetables:

  • Harvest remaining winter vegetables like chicory, chard, leek, spinach, and parsnip if you’ve tended to them well in January and February.

Planning for the Gardening Year:

  • Plan for the upcoming gardening season by deciding which plants to grow and when to plant them.
  • Prepare garden beds by aerating the soil and incorporating compost for fertility.
  • Fertilize the lawn with organic fertilizer to stimulate summer growth, leaving some areas wild to support insects.

Enhancing the Pleasure Garden:

  • Encourage early flowers like daffodils, hyacinths, and daisies by fertilizing with compost or organic fertilizer.
  • Plant flowers such as violets, blueberries, primroses, pansies, forced tulips, poppies, and geese to add beauty and attract insects.
  • Prune roses vigorously to promote summer flowering, fertilize with organic fertilizer, and consider doing the same for hydrangeas and evergreen hedges.

By following these guidelines for gardening in March, you’ll set the stage for a vibrant and productive garden throughout the spring and summer months.

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