What to do in the garden in March?
Despite some notable cold spells in March, flowers are beginning to brighten up the flowerbeds, and a large number of seedlings can be started, much to the delight of gardeners.
How do I maintain my garden in March?
Having your own garden and vegetable patch requires regular maintenance to avoid being overwhelmed by weeds, to leave space for your crops and to improve the yield and health of your vegetables.
Vegetable garden maintenance
- Cutting of soil improvers (at least 1.5 months before sowing).
- Cut the chicory and arugula, which are starting to go to seed, to the ground to prolong the harvest.
Garden maintenance
- Hoeing biennials,
- Spreading compost in the flowerbeds
- Maintaining wild ground covers ready to flower to encourage the arrival of pollinators and foragers
- Cleaning and pruning perennials
- Pruning summer flowering shrubs
- Pruning roses and adding compost
Orchard maintenance
- Pruning fruit trees ( apple trees , pear trees , peach trees , vines, etc.)
- Crushing and burial of soil improvers
- Adding compost to fruit trees
- Planting fruit trees and shrubs with small red fruits
- Superficial scratching of the ground at the foot of trees
- Monitoring the presence of the plum sawfly (early fall of pitted fruit) and installation of traps if necessary
What to sow in the garden in March?
March is one of the best times to sow seeds.
Sowing in a greenhouse or hotbed
- Fruit vegetables : tomatoes , eggplants , peppers
- Root vegetables : radishes , turnips
- Leafy vegetables : spring lettuce , cabbages ( head , savoy , Brussels , cauliflower ), summer leeks , celery , chicory , spinach
- Aromatics : agastache , basil , chervil , tarragon , oregano , chamomile , lavender , sage , parsley
- Flowers : nasturtiums , poppies , cosmos , daisies , poppies , rudbeckia, tobacco , zinnias , flower mixes
Seedlings in the nursery:
Sowing in open ground:
- Leafy vegetables : spinach , cut lettuce , orache , rocket , leeks
- Grain vegetables : beans , peas
- Root vegetables : carrots , parsnips
- Aromatics : chervil , onions , parsley
It's also time to sprout your potatoes .
What to plant in the garden in March?
- Tubers and bulbs : pink garlic , asparagus , shallots , onions , early potatoes , rhubarb
- Leafy vegetables : cabbage , winter and spring lettuce
- Flowers : perennials and spring flowering bulbs
What to harvest from the vegetable garden in March?
- Leafy vegetables : chard, cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, cut lettuce, lamb's lettuce, leek
- Root vegetables : turnips, parsnips, radishes
