March, new beginnings

March — that is when the sowing starts for real, and as usual you cannot keep up!

The March sowing is normally split into 2 rounds, but this year March went by so fast that I completely missed that we were already at the end of the month! So everything gets crammed into the week ahead. The to-do list is enormous — seeds to start, beds to prepare, structures to mend — but new projects will have to wait for autumn. Every ounce of energy goes to spring.

Today's garden count: two bumblebee queens, a honey bee queen, a scatter of ladybugs, and one bold butterfly. If that isn't proof that spring has arrived, nothing is.

March Sowing

• Cabbage, Jersey Tree Cabbage, Palm kale and Bear Necessities

• Black chickpea

• Globe amaranth

• Coriander

• Pansy

• Nepeta

• Daisy

• Summer lavender

• Hollyhock

• Mint

• Greek mountain tea

• Lemon bee balm

• Orange mint

• Hummingbird mint

• Wild dahlia

• Hemp hollyhock

• Turkish dragonhead

• Horned pansy

• Bronze fennel

• Maiden pink

• Aztec tobacco

• Millet

• Painted sage

• Tomatoes: Heinz, Lille Lise, Fern Leaf, Bumblebee, Potato Leaf Variegated

• Basil: Thai, Lettuce Leaf

• Korila

• Bottle gourd

• Tigernut

• Luffa

• Lemon Chili

• Watermelon

• Butterfly pea

• Roselle hibiscus

• Snapdragon

• Chia

• Linnaeus Marigold

• Shungiku

• Cornflower

• Dragonhead

• Coriander

• Curled mallow