Welcome to Gardening with Ben, the podcast where we dig into the soil of
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gardening gloves and let's get growing with Gardening with Ben. Hello, and welcome
back to a brand new podcast today. And like I said, it's the
beginning of March. If you've not checked out by yesterday's episode talking about everything
that we did in February, make sure you go and check that out before
listening to this one. So today's podcast, we're going to be talking about
what jobs need doing in the garden throughout the month of March, and there's
a lot of stuff what we'll need doing as we're getting into the growing season.
And in the next episode we'll be talking about all the things that we
can start to plant in March, so this one's could start before tomorrow's episode.
And usually with these episodes, what I tell people to do is get
themselves a little notepad so that they can make notes of all the jobs that
need doing and then tick them off as they've got them completed. And then
you know you've got the main jobs done and you can concentrate on all the
other little things around the allotment and garden that do need doing. So what
stuff will we need to do this month? So we'll start off. Usually
we start off with the stuff what needs doing in the vegetable garden first,
So the things that need doing this month are not very much in the vegetable
garden as this not much growing outside. There's only a few little jobs which
need doing. So if you're growing asparagus, what you need to do is
prepare your beds this month by making sure they are weed free and add much
around the asparagus plants. This will give them the boost that they need and
warm them up ready to grow really well this year. If you're growing green
manure in your allotment, make sure you dig this into the soil this month
so that it all starts to break down and feed the soil vegetable beds.
Make sure they're all weed free ready for planting for the months ahead. So
that is basically everything what needs to do in the vegetable garden. There's not
much like I said to do in the vegetable garden this month. It will
get bigger as the months go ahead, so make sure you get all them
jobs done. And let's see what needs doing in the fruit garden. So
in the fruit garden this month, what we'll need to do is you need
to feed your blueberries with ericacious plant fertilizer. This will give them the kickstart
that they need to start growing for the month ahead. So if you've not
got any erricacious plant fertilizer, make sure you order some and get some on
your blueberries ready for this year. Fruit trees, make sure they've all been
much this year. Raspberries, make sure the tips of the summer fruits in
raspberries have had the tops cut off. This encourages them to bush out and
produce a lot more fruit on the plant. Rhubarb. If you've got rhubarb
growing, and I've certainly done this and it's speeding along, multi rhubarb this
month, but do not cover the crowns as this can cause them to rot.
Strawberries, if you want to grow an early cup of strawberries, cover
them with a clotch. So yeah, that's for you strawberries. I can't
mate for my strawberries to grow. I've got so many growing stone fruits.
If you're growing nectarines, apricots and peas, just cover the trees with a
fleece to protect them from blossom. Protect the blossom from the frost as is
still frost around. So just be careful and look after those stone fruit trees.
So that's everything. What needs doing in the fruit garden again, not
too many jobs. You can easily tick them off and get them all sorted
for this year. So what needs doing in the flower garden, So this
month what you need to do is if you've got climatus, prune these back
before the new growth starts on them. Daffodils. As daffodils die back,
these can beheaded, but do not cut them back to the base as all
the nutrients go back to the bulb. Heathers. Any heathers that are dying
back, give them a prune back ready for the next year. My heather
is still out in bloom, so I'm definitely not pruning that back at the
moment. It's looking absolutely glow at the moment. I'm sure you've seen it
from some of my videos. Hydraenderus. You can now start to prune these
back and cut off any of the old flowers from them. Take them back
to about one third of the years of last year's growth from them, and
they will be ready to start growing this year. Futures. Prune these back
around to about two buds on each stem. That will get them started ready
for the year ahead. Pansas, make sure you keep the heading them as
the wind panzis die back. This will encourage more flowers to keep growing on
your panzas and get more flowers growing throughout the springtime until they are ready to
die off. Perennials. Cut back any old foliage that may be dying back
on them ready for the fresh growth growing this year. Roses, these can
still be prune back this month, so if you've got roses growing, give
them a pre you tidy them up and get them ready for growing the year
ahead. Slugs the dreaded slug word. As slugs start to appear in the
garden. Make sure you have beer traps set up ready to catch them as
they'll all start coming up out of hibernation now, so get ready for the
slugs coming back out to your gardens. So that is all the jobs which
need doing in the vegetable garden, fruit garden, and flower garden. Like
I said, there's not an awful lot of things that need doing still this
month in the garden as there's not much growing around at the moment. Next
months, as we start to get further on, there will be a lot
more work that needs doing. So get all these little jobs out of the
way ready for the big jobs coming up in the months ahead. And make
sure you're come in for tomorrow's episode because we're going to be talking about all
the seeds that we can start to plant this month, and there's a lot
appearing on the list, so it's exciting to we can start to get all
them seeds sown and get them growing in the garden. So yeah, I
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Everyone, and that wraps up another episode of Gardening with Ben. Thank you
for joining me in this journey. Remember every seed planted is a step towards
a greener world, and every day is a chance to grow something beautiful.
Keep nurturing your gardens and your souls. Until next time, I'm gardening with
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