They say that 7 degrees are when things start to germinate (including weeds sadly) but to me it feels colder than last week. Though dry, the winds are bitter.
The period between February/ March when the last of the winter veg are harvested and may when the spring veg start to crop is called the hungry gap. It's clearly a hungry gap for the birds as they've stripped the leaves off some of my brassica seedlings. I hasten to add I won't miss them and they were refugees from other parts of the plot that must have germinated late.
I am preparing a list of what to sow and plant.
In March I want to plant:
Outside - mangetout, potatoes, beetroot, corn salad and winter salad leaves.
Indoors (end of the month) - tomato, courgette. Squash, extra mange tout and broad beans just in case the ones I plant outside don't do well.
The magazines suggest waiting till the end of the month before sowing the tomatoes and squash to avoid them getting leggy.
To come later: French beans
I will also get the salads from supermarkets and plant out as I find lettuce difficult to germinate
PS the purple sprouting brocolli is still not sprouting much more. Lovely leaves though.
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