March Garden Chores 2017

Here are the various things I will be doing in my garden this month!

1. To prepare the soil for spring planting I will lightly till and add organic matter to improve soil structure.
2. I will plant, potatoes, peas, onions, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage thru late March.
3. I will plant asparagus and add more strawberry plants to my strawberry patch.
4. I will start tomato, peppers and other warm season vegetables inside.
5. I will start flower seeds inside for transplanting to the garden.
6. I will sharpen and repair my garden tools.
7. After the night temperatures stay above 60, I will move some of the houseplants outside for the spring.

May Garden Chores

May Garden Chores Included: 

1. Weeding all flower beds and containers.
2. Planting the salsa garden raised bed.
3. Taking pictures of all the flowers and growth.
4. Putting out and keeping filled the Oriole feeders.  They love oranges and grade jelly!!
5. Harvesting herbs.
6. Planted more herbs.
7. Adding more herbs to pots.  I found some wild chives that I added.
8. Finding some volunteer cilantro plants while weeding and transplanting them to the pot of cilantro.  I have 2 pots of cilantro.
9. Planting all seedlings from their little greenhouses.
10. Improving the soil in the large raised bed and replanting spinach, carrots, radishes, broccoli, and sugar snap peas. 
11. Harvesting the lettuce and planting some more for continued harvest all summer.  
12.  Adding more containers to the container garden.  Planted tomatoes (some plants and some from seed to extend the growing season), carrots, bush beans, more basil, and seedlings from the mini greenhouse. 
13. Added pansies to the rock garden area in 2 pots.
14.  Planted another large blackberry bush that I got at a great deal at local nursery.
15. Weeding, Weeding, Weeding

Spring Gardening Tasks

Here is an excellent post about what to do in the garden this spring!

http://www.angiethefreckledrose.com/spring-gardening-tasks/