March Garden To-Do

 

We are just about to come upon a month where there is a lot to do in the garden.  April is a great planting month - whether you're doing annuals, perennials or edibles.  

With March though, here in California, we're in a sort of in between phase right now. However, there are a couple of things you can do in your downtime (if you are in a colder climate, some of these tasks can be done in April or May depending on when your ground thaws out!) :

• It's still ok to keep planting winter veggies, like the kale pictured above that will come into harvest in 40-60 days. Go ahead and keep planting edibles such as lettuces, broccolli and spring onions.  
• It's important to continue adding compost to the soil and getting it ready for summer planting that should be done no earlier than early April.  
• Now is the time to start tomato and pepper seeds indoors.  They will be ready to plant outside in early April.  
• Make sure to get on top of weeding now as they emerge after the rains making sure that they do NOT go to seed.  Otherwise you will continue to have a problem!