Twelfth Week : March

Vegetable Marrow seeds can now be sown in mild heat and slowly harden off to put put out when the last frost has gone in early May.

Autumn struck cutting of hardy flowering plant can be put out now in their summer beds.

At this time of year “ big Buds” on Black Currant bushes are easily seen. Pick them off and burn them, you will save your self a lot of trouble later on in the year is done now.

Violets that have been wintered in a cold frame may be lifted and transplanted now.

Peas, that have been raised under glass, may now be planted out in a sheltered boarder. Make sure you have staked out the young plants.

If you grow sweet peas, you should now put them out in a cold frame to get them hardy to plant out in April.