March is one of the busiest months of the year in the garden, with lots of seeds to sow and jobs to do! Time to get busy!
Fruit & veg
Sow now
Broad beans, carrots, parsnips, early potatoes, radish, peas, lettuce, spinach, chard.
Harvest now
Brussels sprouts, leeks, kale, winter salads and rhubarb.
Plants
- Cut the heads off narcissus when they have finished flowering, but leave the leaves to die back naturally.
- Visit the garden centre and choose some summer flowering bulbs to plant.
- As the weather gets warmer the weeds will begin to grow – get weeding to keep your garden looking lovely.
Wildlife
- Keep feeding the birds in your garden.
- Put up nesting boxes for the birds.
- Sow some wildlife friendly flower seeds such as honesty or verbena to encourage insects in to your garden in the summer.