March 2024

 BED PREPARATION MARCH 27-APRIL 2

Prepare the garden bed where you plan to grow this crop so that it is ready to go when the time comes to seed or transplant into it.

• Clean out any vegetation (weeds, grass, old plants).

• Measure and mark out your bed (we like to use 30 inch wide beds and mark them out with string).

• Use a digging fork or broadfork to loosen the soil. Do not flip the soil over or try mixing it with the forks. Simply push the fork into the ground and pull it back lifting and loosening the soil without turning it. Be careful not to work wet soil, especially if it has clay in it. When it dries it will tend to have hard clods, making your gardening more difficult.

• Add compost and/or soil amendments (sprinkle them evenly over the bed and then mix them into the top few inches with a three tooth cultivator or similar tool). 

• Smooth the bed out with a rake 

MONTH: March	BED ONE NEAREST HOUSE ON LEFT, FACING HOUSE: FRUIT TAKES  PHOSPHORUS (NEXT YEAR BED 3)
SOWING INSIDE (Before LFD) March 6-12 (6 weeks) Black Beauty Eggplant California Wonder Pepper Jalapeno Pepper Heirloom Rainbow Blend Tomato Roma Tomato Mortgage Lifter Tomato Cherokee Purple Tomato
TRANSPLANTING (after planting) March 20-26 Lacinato Kale (35 days) Rainbow Swiss Chard (35 days) Lolla Rosa Lettuce (28 days) Parris Island Lettuce (28 days)	BED TWO BED 2: NEAREST HOUSE ON RIGHT, FACING HOUSE: ROOT TAKES POTASSIUM (NEXT YEAR BED ONE) DIRECT SOWING MARCH 20-26 Cylindra Red Beet (4 weeks) Little Finger Carrot (4 weeks) Imperator 58 Carrot (4 weeks) Snowball Turnip (4 weeks) MARCH 27-APRIL 2 Champion Radish (3 weeks)
DIRECT SOWING (Before LFD) DIRECT SOWING (Before LFD) March 20-26 Arugula (4 weeks)  Cylindra Red Beet (4 weeks) Little Finger Carrot (4 weeks) Imperator 58 Carrot (4 weeks) Viroflay Spinach (4 weeks)  Snowball Turnip (4 weeks) Peas (4 weeks) @20-26 March 27-April 2 Champion Radish (3 weeks) @27- APRIL 2	BED THREE BED 3: FARTHEST FROM THE HOUSE ON LEFT, FACING HOUSE: LEGUME LEAVES NITROGEN (NEXT YEAR BED FOUR) CULTIVATING  Peas
HARVEST	BED FOUR BED 4: FARTHEST FROM THE HOUSE ON RIGHT, FACING HOUSE: LEAF TAKES NITROGEN (NEXT YEAR BED TWO) DIRECT SEED MARCH 20-26 Arugula (4 weeks) Viroflay Spinach (4 weeks) TRANSPLANT MARCH 20-26 Lacinato Kale (35 days) Rainbow Swiss Chard (35 days) Lolla Rosa Lettuce (28 days) Parris Island Lettuce (28 days) Golden Acres Cabbage (35 days) ANY BED/N