March is the first real month of work in the allotment. It the time to get everything ready for a busy month of sowing in April.
In my allotment there is no manure available in the Autumn so had to wait until March before I could dig it into the soil, this is far from ideal as it doesn't give the manure much time to be broken down but its better than nothing.
Jobs completed in March:
- Dug over all beds, removed weeds and any remaining vegetation, scrub from last year (of which there was a lot).
- Added manure and dug in to beds (except areas where Parsnips / Carrots will be planted.
- Harvested last of the Parsnips still in the ground.
- Harvested some of the remaining Leeks.
- Sowed First Early Potatoes.
- Sowed spring Garlic.
- Sowed Shallots.
- Sowed Parsnips.
- Planted 6 Strawberry plants.
- Added top cover of compost to overwintering onions / garlic.
- Prepared grow bags / plastic containers for sowing / planting.
- Prepared mini greenhouse for sowing seeds under protection.
- Cleaned out shed as everything just got chucked in at end of last season.
See image - overview of the plot
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