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March a lotment roundup. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. And today is our
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March Aotment Roundup where we talk
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about all the things that we have done
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this month. Whether it's success or
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whether it's failures, we talk about it
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and share with you how we're getting on
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down here. Now, March has been an
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exciting month. Absolutely amazing. A
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busy month, but we have got so much done
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down here at the aotment. We've got
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everything growing in our raised beds
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down here in the poly tunnel and things
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are growing absolutely fantastic. As you
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can see, a sneaky little peek rather
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than our a lotment weekly tour. You can
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have a little sneaky peek. Things are
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growing fantastic and I'm so happy with
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the investment that I've done in this
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poly tunnel and how things are growing.
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It should pay off and hopefully we'll
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get some great produce down here in the
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poly tunnel where it's absolutely
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boiling today. It's like 30° in here and
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we're still in March. It's absolutely
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gorgeous. We're having to obviously keep
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things watered, but it's growing pretty
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good and hopefully we'll get some
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amazing harvests from it. Now,
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obviously, we have also sewn loads of
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seeds this month because March is a good
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time for sewing seeds, but we'll still
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be waiting for a few to sew in April
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like our runna beans, our French beans,
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But yeah, there's certain things that
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you have to start in April. So, we'll be
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starting a lot of those off and getting
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those growing. We've also planted out
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all our onion sets for this summer and
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they are all looking healthy. We started
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them off in the cell trays if you
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remember to give them that extra kick
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start and get them growing and they look
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better than what the ones that I planted
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in winter. So, they'll probably produce
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better onions on them. Fingers crossed.
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So, hopefully we get some decent ones
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from them. We're also getting ready for
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chasing our potatoes on Good Friday.
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That's when a lot of gardeners do it
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because it's to do with the moon and
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that's what I've always stuck with. So
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yeah, I'll be so planting all mine on
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Good Friday. We've also been planting a
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load of plants what we've been getting
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given. We've planted some hostas. We've
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planted some gladiolias. We've planted a
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hydrena. Incredible. And yeah, we've
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been planting absolutely loads of stuff
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down here. And we've still got loads of
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stuff to get in and get growing. The
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strawberries, they're doing absolutely
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fantastic. I was taking the flowers off
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for the first couple of weeks as they
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were producing them, but now I'm going
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to let them flower and start fruiting.
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So hopefully we'll be getting produce on
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them soon. Obviously, it'll be earlier
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because we're in the poly tunnel and
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it's a lot warmer in here. We've set up
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the drip irrigation system where it
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waters them for 15 minutes every single
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day. Like I said, it gets warm and they
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dry out pretty fast. We haven't been in
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hanging baskets and in the warmth. So
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yeah, that is working fantastic. I set
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that up last week and I'd not been down
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to the a lotment for 4 days and they're
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wet. So that is what we want. We don't
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want them soaking wet. We just want them
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damp so that they're getting the water
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that they need. Obviously when it starts
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to get hot and towards summer, we'll
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either put it on twice a day or put them
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on for longer to give them a better
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watering. So that is working perfectly.
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So, if you got an a lotment like me and
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you can't get down every single day, a
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solar powered drip irrigation system is
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the key to it. And we'll be setting one
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of those up for tomato plants and his
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cucumber plants when we get growing them
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in here as well. So, yeah, we have done
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absolutely loads and like I said,
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there's still a lot to do in April. We
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won't be planting outside until it gets
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past the chance of frost. The only
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things that you can plant outside are
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the onions and the potatoes. And
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remember to heat them up as the shoots
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pop through to encourage more potatoes
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and to protect them from the frost as
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frost can damage the potato plants. So
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yeah, we have got lots and lots to do.
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We're getting on top of things. I'm
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happy with how things are coming along.
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All the posts are doing well on social
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media. So thank you for all the support
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as usual, the comments, the likes. If I
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don't always get to the comments, I will
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do eventually. And I do see most of them
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as well. So until next time everyone,
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remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
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and keep gardening with Ben everyone.
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And hopefully a fantastic April to come.
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Until next time everyone.
