by Janis on 28th March 2025 / 0 comments
Yay, Spring has arrived
Ahh yes, Spring has well and truly arrived here in the southeast of England.
As soon as the sun emerges in the UK for a short period, the press informs us how much hotter it is compared to other places in the world.
I love springtime; there are so many bulbs and new shoots popping up around the garden, and it’s delightful to see. Our roses have fared particularly well over the winter and have plenty of new leaves appearing.
Whilst I’m sitting here writing this post, I have the windows and the patio door open, and I can hear the birds chirping away outside.
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Honesty & daffodils
What we’ve been up to in March
In the garden and on the websiteWith the warmer weather slowly creeping in and the glorious sunshine beginning to warm up the chillier days, it’s time to start sowing some seeds. We’ve also just turned back on our irrigation system for Spring.
I subscribe to the Gardener’s World magazine, and it’s amazing how many seeds arrive with your monthly magazine. This year, I have received Foxgloves, Sunflowers, Cornflowers, Nigella, and Cosmos; however, I’m going to buy some more.
Springtime blooms
I’ve just bought some seeds for a new variety of cherry tomatoes, and that’s Black Moon F1; they are beautifully red on the bottom half of the fruit and hazy black on the top. So, they’re going to look amazing as well as taste incredible.
Flourishing nasturtiums
Last year, we had fantastic success with planting nasturtiums in our ‘lawn shady’ bed. Previously, I’ve gown nasturtiums in pots on the patio, and every year, without fail, the black flies move in and ruin them. However, we thought we would try something different and plant our little seedlings directly into an open bed. They were magnificent and flowered right through until the first frost in early November, and there was no sign of any black fly; I think other insects or flies must have had a feast.
Mahonia in full bloom
I’ve also given our lawn its maiden haircut, although now that a few weeks have passed, I think it may need another.
Our annual forget-me-nots are just starting to bloom, and I’ve also identified some Honesty I seeded and planted last year has just appeared.
Achievements for March
Let’s keep ticking those boxesMarch has been a little more productive in the garden; with the brighter days and less rain, Gary and I have been out amongst the foliage pruning, weeding and tidying.
Waiting to burst into colour
So, let’s see what we’ve managed to tick off for March.
Given the lawn its first haircut of 2025.
Pruned standard roses.
Buy tomato and nasturtium seeds.
Re-connect irrigation system.
Cut back the passionflower to allow more space for the rambling rose.
Ensuring we top up the bird feeders.
Keep the garden waste bin as full as possible.
Tidied some of the garden beds.
Lessons learnt & mistakes made
You live and learnI’m not too sure if this was really a mistake, as we had a suspicion that our apple tree wasn’t going to stand upright for much longer.
Apple tree before
However, when we decided to try and remove the protruding root from our lawn, our recently dead apple tree decided to have a lie down. It’s a shame, really, as the apple tree had become the perfect substitute for a bird feeding station.
Apple tree after
The woodpeckers loved it, along with the local squirrel who used to visit its own squirrel feeder.
We’re now looking to replace the apple tree with possibly a cherry, but we haven’t decided yet; in the meantime, we need to look for a new bird feeding station.
Our plans for the coming month
What’s on your to-do list?Weed and tidy the front garden beds.
Buy a few more seeds, chillies, honesty, nasturtiums etc, etc.
Buy more bird feeders to replace the old ones.
Weed the driveway, again using a scraper.
Clean bird feeders & bird bath.
Start clearing weeds and unwanted planting in the Cottage Garden section.
Tidy more of the garden beds.
Decided on the planting for our two front garden beds.
Please let us know what you have planned in your garden this month; we’d love to know.
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