Planning and Reviewing March in Previous Years

It's raining and no allotment for me today so lets review the diary over the last six years for March 

2013 - Infrastructure works, picked up 17 paving slabs off Freecycle, met my plot neighbour for the first time, finally after clearing I started on digging and weeding, Comfrey roots purchased and grown in toilet rolls.   

 

2014 - Infrastructure works continue, Erected the green house on plot 1A, lighter nights and a few extended lunch time visits from work and early evening visits, Spuds sown and solar tents to warm up the soil on beds. Sowing seeds and a hard frost at the end of March 

2015 -  Infrastructure Works, the very last two beds and paths on Plot 1A were formed, Greenhouse clearance ready for using, Collecting and drying Coffee Grounds, Grass cuttings and composting starts, Spuds in buckets and sowing mad March.  

2016 - Infrastructure works on Spencer Road Plot 23B, Comfrey beds dug and weeded, Daleks Composting compound started, Lots of Paving Slabs off Freecycle, First two beds weeded and formed, Timber scrounged from roofing works, Spuds planted, Tomatoes sown.

2017 - Infrastructure works, Grow Stations created, walking Onions Bed and Comfrey pipe for Plot 23B, seeds sown and Grow house at home full, Onions and Beetroots sown on allotment.

2018 - The Beast from the East and snow early March this year, Infrastructure works, Woodchipped the paths on plot 1A, Catawissa Walking Onion Bed installed,  Catawissa Onion Planting Membrane made, Sowing in Grow Stations from the 9th March, Onions and Beetroots sown on allotment, The Agralan Compact Plug Plant Trainer purchased and used for the first time, Raspberries purchased and planted, Soilfixer over Winter Experiment concludes, Sprout Sowing, Mr Fothergill's Optigrow®  Leeks Experiment.   

Planned for 2019 

February was very wet, so I'm still playing catch up with a lot of items that were scheduled to happen last month. So if the weather permits I have to undertake more Infrastructure works, and removing and burning the Hawthorne, and getting ready for the growing season.

To Do List

Below is the to do list in no particular order and catching up with what actually happened in February and what has slipped. 

Mill Green - Plot 1

• As much infrastructure works as the weather will allow 
• Water Butts - Fix taps 
• Guttering to Shed - TBD
• Extension to shed - rear - built minor modification required   
• Cut Roof Joists to bed sizes - Nearly all done 
• Paint Joist cut to bed sizes - Ongoing nearing the end thank God !
• Lay the paving for the greenhouse - TBD 
• Erect the greenhouse - Timbers Cut for base need to be treated  
• Tidy Up the Allotment - Ongoing and looking better all the time
• Remove Hawthorne bushes from the wall - Last push this month as no Fires next month!
• Install Kerb Edging all around the plot - TBD
• Stockpile Timber ready for burning  - Ongoing
• Bury the Hose pipe to the Water Butt before the grass path is cut - TBD This Month
  

Mill Green - Plot 1A

• Weeding - Never ending job   
• Clear the greenhouse - To Be Done 
• Rhubarb Bed to be created - clearance of weeds in current location and move when ready
• Tidy Up the Allotment - Ongoing and looking better all the time 
• Clear area behind the Greenhouse - TBD
• Clear Seating Area - TBD
• Plant Raspberries - Awaiting Collection from fellow plot holders

Home

• Planning
• Catalogue Seeds 

Reminders

• Purchase vent opener for new greenhouse.- This Month

Sowing & Planting Plan MARCH March Infrastructure works on Mill Green Allotment Plot 1 Greenhouse on Mill Green Plot 1 to be erected Apple - plant trees March Apple - prune trees - Last chance if I still have not managed it. Week 1 Asparagus - sow seeds inside Week 1 Week 1 Week 1 - 2 Spring Onions - start to sow fortnightly - Feast F1 Brussel Sprouts - First sowing  Breast F1   Carrot - sow seed of early varieties under cloches Week 1 - 2 Leeks - thin seedlings sown in containers Week 1 - 2 Week 1 Leek - Musselburgh 2nd Sowing Squash / pumpkins - prepare soil Week 2 Week 2 Lettice - sow fortnightly Radish  - French Breakfast 3  Week 2 Rhubarb - start to harvest Week 2 Week 2 -3 Tomatoes - sow seed inside / greenhouse Spring Onions - start to sow fortnightly - Ishikura Week 3 Week 3 Peppers - Sow Summer Salad Mix Asparagus - apply spring fertiliser Week 3 Week 3 Brussel Sprouts - 2nd sowing Breast F1   Cabbage (summer) - sow outdoors Week 3 Cauliflower (early summer) - harden off Week 3 Spring Onions - start to sow fortnightly - Arrow Week 4 Beetroot - sow seeds under cloches Week 4 Brussels Sprouts - thin seedlings as they appear Week 4 Cauliflower (early summer) - plant out Week 4 Lettuce - start sowing seed outside every two weeks Week 4 Potatoes - plant out sprouted sets Week 4 Sweet Peppers - pot up