Tales From The Plot

It's getting to that time now to sow/plant or not too ?

The decision is entirely yours but here's a few thoughts you might want to think about before pushing the go button.

This is very much the month when we have to balance Risk V Reward

We get a few very warm days, We all get giddy and get out in the garden relieved we've got through another wet bleak dull winter. We start sowing and planting and Bam another week of hard frosts or god forbid even snow suddenly comes out of nowhere.

But that's what gardening is all about we have to listen to and work with mother nature and give her the ultimate respect.

The bottom line is we have to weigh up that risk versus reward get lucky we get an earlier harvest than other people or we could loose it to frost.

I think awareness is the key here by all means if you think its worth the risk go for it but do it smart, Be aware of your last frost date, get yourself a decent weather app to watch for a frost, and have fleece ready for when its forecast.

If you live away from your plot and cant rush there to put fleece then its probably better to wait than loose your plants.

Sow another batch just in case spread the risk by sowing little and often.

Make sure plants grown indoors are properly hardened off I will post my hardening off and when to plant out guides below.

(c) 2026 Keith Wheeler of Facebook Group Allotment Life For Beginners UK

I love these informative posters that Keith produces and I have made a Keith Wheeler hyperlink label so you can find them all.  Used on manvslug.uk with permission.