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back to Gardening with Ben for another episode, third one in a row.
So, yes, you're getting quite a few of this month so far.
I always start the month off well and then as we seem to drop off,
So we'll carry on. We'll keep on trying to get you some podcast
episodes out there. So what are we talking about today? Today's podcast,
it's going to be talking about everything that we can plant in the vegetable garden,
the flower garden, and the food orchards in your allotment or in your
garden. But if you didn't listen to yesterday's episode, we did talk about
all the jobs which need doing in the garden and allotment this month. There's
not many of them, but make sure you head back to yesterday's episode and
do give that a listen to. So, yeah, today's episode is talking
about all the things that we can start so and I'm so excited for this
because I'm going to be getting sewing a lot of these plants and seeds,
so hopefully we can get things cracking and rolling on. Hopefully it starts to
warm up and these that will help the seeds Germany. But yeah, we'll
have a look and we'll see what can be sown this month. So what
can be sewn in the vegetable garden in March. Usually what I say to
do is get yourself a notepad as to make notes on all the things what
I say, and then you will be able to keep up today and tick
them off if you want to grow them, or if you're not bothering growing
and just leave them off your list. And yeah, let's see what we
can start growing this month. But again this all goes down to the weather
as well, whether it's warm enough to help them germanate. So this just
gives you an idea of the sort of things that you can actually start this
month, so please don't hold me accountable if the seeds don't grow. So
first off, if you've not sown your aubergine seed, this is the last
month to get them sown. They need to be sown this month if you've
not town them yet, as they do need plenty of time to get growing
and get fruiting in the summertime. So if you want an aubergine, get
them sown this month. Betroot, start sewing your beetroot in seed trays ready
to plant out in the end of May junetime. Remember to sw them even
like as they will all probably germinate, so don't go too well. We've
srowing every single seed. Broad Beans either sew these in the ground or in
pots if you have issues with pigeons, as they will eat the tops off
them. So if you've got issues with pigeons, grow them in pots first
so that they get nice and big, and then plant them out. Brussels
sprouts. Brussels sprouts take forever to grow, so if you're wanting to grow
some Brussels sprouts, sew them this month for crops in November and December.
But if you know, you can actually get purple Brussels sprouts as well,
so you never know, you might actually like them ones, so why not
give them a try. Carrots You can sew carrots this month in seed trays,
or you can wait until it's warmer and sew them where they are meant
to grow. So if you're wanting to start some off in seed trays,
you can start them off now, But if you're wanting to sew them exactly
where they want to be, you can sew them when it gets a bit
warmer outside. Cauliflowers you can sew these this month in seed trays. But
which variety will you try growing? I've talked about growing purple cauliflowered plenty of
times and had great results from them, so let me know which cauliflowers you're
going to be growing. Selar reac you can sew that this month in a
greenhouse. It needs to be sown early as it takes a long time to
grow, and he's meant to have a really nice creamy taste. I've never
actually tried sl reac, so I might actually give that a try this year.
Celerate. One thing I won't be growing because I absolutely hate it.
But if huntings grow clerate, this is the month to be sewing it.
Chilies these needs a long growing period, and the faster you start them off,
the longer they will have to produce crops and keep on fruiting for So
if hunting chilies, get them grown now. Kale. Kale's so easy to
grow and I can have fantastic results. Again, just watch out for the
pigeons and the slugs and the moths. But yeah, kale is so easy
to grow, So if you wanted to grow some kale, you can start
them off this month. Lettuce. Lettuce can be sewn in regular intervals for
regular crops, which means that you need to just sow a few seeds every
few weeks or so because you don't want all the lettuce being ready at the
same time, as it all does seem to appear at the same time and
it can go to seed literally straight away at the same time, so yeah,
be careful and get growing them. Leaks These need to be sown this
month as well, ready with a furred crop towards the end of the year.
Leaks can be quite easy to grow with some fantastic results. Parsnips.
These are a lot easier to grow than carrots are. What you need to
do is sew them directly into the ground, as they don't like to be
transplanted, so I hunting to sew some parsnips. Sew them into the ground
where they are to be grown. But what you can do is cover them
back over with some black membrane or a piece of cardboard or something like that
to keep the soil warm to help them get them to germanate. Pease.
These can be sewn directly into the ground towards the end of March, ready
to be grown outside. But again be careful of rats, pigeons, mice
because they will like to eat them. Peppers, like chilis, they need
a long time to grow and you're best off starting them now for crops throughout
all the summer. So if you're hunting peppers, start them off now for
great crops throughout the year. Potatoes, if you've not started chitting your potatoes,
this can be done this month. Ready for planting out towards end of
March April time. That will be the first thing that will be planting outside,
So get ready for sewing them. Potatoes. There's plenty of potatoes in
shops at the moment and seed potatoes, so yeah, have a look around
and think about what potatoes you're going to be growing. Radish. You can
start sewing radish this month in the greenhouse. Like lettuce, you can do
continuous owing every few weeks so that you'll be picking them on a regular basis.
Spinach you can start to sew spinach outside towards the end of the month.
Make sure you've improved the soil ver before sewing them outside. Just make
sure that the soil has all the nutrients in it so that you get a
great crop of spinach, so that makes it big and strong. Like popeye.
Spring onion, you can also start sawing that outdoors this month when it
starts to get a tiny bit warmer. So spring onion, I really do
like spring onion. Again. You can keep growing them on a continuous basis
so that you're getting crops all the way through the year. Swiss charred you
can also try growing Swiss charred as well. Not something I fancy, but
if you're fancy growing some Swiss charred. This is the month's plant tomatoes.
If you've not sewn them. Tomatoes, get sewing them in March, as
this will give you a great crop throughout summer. I will be sewing all
my tomatoes this month from the tomatoes in the supermarket. I'll just be scraping
the seeds out, putting them into some composts and growing them straight like that.
I did it last year and they worked fantastic. I had some fantastic
crops. So yeah, that is every vegetable that you can serve this month
in March. So what fruit can we plant this month in March. There's
not many fruits that you can plant in March because of the best time to
plant a lot of fruit trees is in the winter time when it's better with
the rain and getting them settled into the ground. But you can still plant
the fruit trees now, but just make sure that you do keep them well
watered and that you do look after them so that they do get rooted into
the ground. Next up is rhubarb. Why not try growing the old fashion
and favorite. I've got sixteen rhubarb plant on my allotments. So much rhubarb
growing absolutely amazing. So if you wanted to grow a rubarb, now it's
time to plant rhubarb crowns. However, do not pick them the first year.
You need to let them settle in and take roots, so don't be
tempted to pick any picket next year. Strawberries now is the time to be
planting all them Strawberry runners this month ready for fruiting this year. If you
plant them in hanging baskets or tubs, make sure you keep them watered,
as they will dry out a lot faster if they're in tubs and baskets.
Right, What flowers can you be swing this month? And this is the
area that I always look into because I love learning about growing flowers and I
try more and more every single year. So what flowers can we sew this
month? This month can serve asters. There need to be in a warm
greenhouse or window salt so that the GERMANI busy lizzes. These can be sewn
this month on a windsill or a heated propagator. Dahlias, get some amazing
blooms in your gardens and grow some dailier seeds for fantastic flowers. They look
absolutely amazing daily is such a nice addition to the garden and allotment. Geranium
now I've grown geraniums from seed before and had fantastic success. So if you
wanted to grow some geraniums, now is the time to be sewing them from
seed. Lobilia, why not have some fantastic displays in your pots and hanging
baskets by sowing some lobilia seeds. Now, these are really tiny seeds,
so it'll be really hard to sew them, but have a look around and
give them a try. Petunia as well as Lobilia, these look fantastic in
pots and hanging baskets, So if you wanted some great displays, why not
sew some petunias. I'm going to have a lot of hanging flowers on my
allotment this year, so watch out for them this year. Salvia these kind
of color in summer and autumn, so why not try owing some this month
for some fantastic displays. Sweet peas These can now be directly sown into the
ground for blooms all summer. So that is all the flowers that can be
sown this month in March. So yet I'm going to be putting my list
together and start sewing a lot of these. I'm so excited. All my
shd's ready built, ready, organized, ready to start sewing all them seeds.
So in the next couple of weeks, I'm going to be so busy
getting all these seeds sown and keeping on top of them and keeping them watered
ready for growing. This year, we can have some fantastic displays on my
allotment. Trust me. If I don't have fantastic displays, you can all
hold me accountable and tell me off for not doing a good allotment this year.
But please watch this space and see how well we get on. And
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