March in the Garden
Regional Gardening Tips
Sunday March 1, 2009
Right about now, many of us are wondering if spring will ever come. I can smell the first whiffs of springtime mud and I'm fighting the urge to shovel the remaining snow off my vegetable garden and plant some peas.
A regional gardening calender for the month of March can give you general tips on what to plant and what to wait for, but spring in the garden is unpredictable and won't be hurried. Gardeners will have to use some common sense. Take advantage of warm days, but don’t trust your coddled seedlings to a weather report. And try not to do too much walking on wet soil. That will only compact it and make it harder for plant roots to breathe and grow. Here are some reminders of what you can be doing in the garden in March, now that winter is on its last legs.
Comments
Haven´t seen any spring flower yet, seems it was quite a hard and long winter in the Northern hemisphere.
I know. Even my snowdrops aren’t up yet. And the snow is melting just in time for the cold winds of March. It will be interesting to see what kind of damage this winter caused. (Maybe interesting isn’t the right word.
Nothing yet here in central Illinois. I keep a diary every year of when everything blooms. I don’t have any crocus anymore so the hyacinth, daffodils and forsythia are the first to flower. It’s usually around the beginning of April around here. My tulips are starting to push up though! Hey, it’s a start!
Don’t worry everyone, its coming up there soon! Here in south Texas, today was our last average freeze day. I have sweet peas, oxalis and pink jasmine blooming!
In Northeastern Colorado it is so DRY, we’ve hardly had any moisture. Still haven’t seen my early tulips yet. The mountains are getting the snow, and when it melts the farmers that can still farm (another story in Colorado)and use irrigation will, be in good shape. Where I live, I’m on the plains, and those of us out here depend on the snow & rain. So send some snow or rain our way!!