What to do? What to do!

Weelll, we are finally out of that cold gloominess and moving into the sunny days of Spring. Hopefully we will be showered in rain this season so our rivers fill up and the plants get well rooted. Here are some things to do this month:

TIME TO FERTILIZE!

Use liquid seaweed or compost to fertilize your flowering shrubs, fruit trees, and lawn.

TIME TO PLANT! Here are some suggestions from the Natural Gardener:

Plant vegetable seeds. Beets, chard, collards, leaf lettuce, mustard, peas, radish, EARLY MARCH: Beans, endive LATE MARCH: Cantaloupe, corn, cucumber, eggplant, black-eyed peas, pumpkin, New Zealand spinach, summer squash, watermelon

Plant vegetable plants. Broccoli, chard, collards, leaf lettuce, mustard,

Later in the month you can plant: Pepper, tomato

Plant herbs. Seeds: All hot-weather herbs, such as basil, chives, epasote, milk thistle Plants:All hot-weather herbs and perennial herbs, such as artemesias, basil, bergamot, catmint or catnip, chives, comfrey, scented geranium, lemon grass, mints, oregano, pennyroyal, rosemary, santolina, thyme (Plant all of these the second half of the month. Avoid cool-season herbs such as cilantro/coriander, dill, etc.)

Plant flower/ornamental seeds. Cleome, cypress vine, gomphrena (globe amaranth), marigold, moonflower vine, morning glory, sunflower, flowering tobacco (Nicotiana), and many more LATE MARCH: Castor bean, gourds, luffa

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