In March the garden attracts out into the countryside

Even if frost -sensitive plants are still in the winter quarters, no gardening boredom is guaranteed in March. The layer of leaves on the perennial beds, which lay on the floor like a winter coat, now comes away so that the sun's rays slowly but safely heat the ground. There was no leaves on the lawn anyway, but maybe you will discover some mole hills there.

No reason, for a bad mood, because the fine -crumbly earth is the ideal ingredient for homemade potting soil: Mixed in equal parts with sand and sifted compost, you can make a peat -free substrate for boxes and buckets. Where the bunches were, the earth is carefully smoothed with your hands and literally lets grass grow over it. Usually the places are so small that they don't have to sow.

Use vessels

Balcony boxes for summer flowers or large pots for tomatoes are only planted in May. In the weeks until then you can green them with rapidly growing spinach. This not only looks nicer, it also tastes good. The young spinach is harvested as needed-sheet for sheet as a so-called Babyleaf spinach. As soon as you need the vessels for other plants, you pull the spinach out of the earth.

If you do not process it raw as a salad addition or in smoothies, you can also steam or blanch it. If it is heated, the volume of the spinach is significantly reduced. Even several handful of leaves result in a manageable amount. Since spinach grows very quickly, you can currently sow it on empty vegetable beds instead of in vessels and then harvest it if you want to grow cucumbers, zucchini and other summer vegetables.

Maintain prime

They are colorful and cheap: primroses breastfeeding the longing for color and floral splendor. It's a shame that many of these spring messengers are disposed of in warm living rooms in the bio bin or on the compost after a few weeks. The Primula vulgaris hybrids, as these pillow primles are botanically, are several years old and could live on in the garden. The most important prerequisite: You have to survive your temporary existence as houseplants, because these outdoor perennials do not actually like the warm heating air.

On mild March days, it is possible to place them in a partially shaded location. However, the primroses should remain mobile, because the plants preferred in the greenhouse are more frost -sensitive than planted copies. The final move outside is only pending when no frost can be expected. But you can already think about where you have space for the pillow chips. A partially shaded location in slightly moist and nutrient -rich soil is ideal. If cowslip (Primula Veris) already thrive well, you can easily put the pillow chips. They should feel comfortable there and bloom again next year.

Cut ornamental grass

Many of the late extensive grasses such as Chineseaschilf (Miscanthus), rod shirse (panicum) or riding grass (calamagrostis) have decorated the beds all winter. From the beginning of the month, the stalks and inflorescences of the previous year are cut off just above the ground. After snowy winters, the dead shoots are often bent off and cover the floor. These should also be cut so that both the new shoots of the grasses, as well as the underneath and the onion bloomers are given enough light and air for the shoot.

As always, there are exceptions to the pruning of the grasses: the angel hair (Stipa Tenuissima), which is also known as feather grass, is only « combed ». Specifically, this means that instead of cutting it off, you only strip through the fine stalks with your hands. What is easy to break away from the plant comes to the compost, the rest of the shoots remain on the plant.

Choose robust tomatoes

The cultivation of the popular vegetable is easy, the harvest is difficult in the field depending on the weather. Until then, vital tomatoes are often affected by the herb and brown rot in moist weather and only deliver brown and inedible fruits. If you do not have a greenhouse or a roof shelter for tomatoes, it is worth growing robust breeds that are less susceptible.

Wild tomatoes and varieties such as “Golden Currant”, “Resi” or “Philamina” have proven themselves well: they defy this fungal disease for a long time and taste aromatic. However, seedlings are more difficult to get than seeds. If you want to be sure to have enough robust seedlings for the field in May, there is still time to buy seeds this month and to sow at room temperature.

Drive tubers

The colorful permanent bloomers are among the balcony flowers, which also make do with partially shady to shady locations. Your tubers, like dahlias, survive the winter in a cool and frost -free quarters, which can be dark. March is ideal for putting the bulbous pots with fresh potting soil and putting a little brighter.

As soon as the first drives show up, you pour the plants regularly again. The frost -sensitive plants remain inside by May. On mild spring days, the potted begonia can be put out for a few hours to harden.