MARCH Crop Planning for the School Garden
SOW DIRECTLY:
Spinach, radishes, turnips, beets, peas, carrots, cilantro, Asian greens, potatoes
START INSIDE:
Onions, lettuce, brassicas, chard, leeks, parsley, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant
TRANSPLANT:
Lettuce, leeks, onions, brassicas, peas, Asian greens
MAINTENANCE:
Complete pruning.
Spinach, radishes, turnips, beets, peas, carrots, cilantro, Asian greens, potatoes
START INSIDE:
Onions, lettuce, brassicas, chard, leeks, parsley, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant
TRANSPLANT:
Lettuce, leeks, onions, brassicas, peas, Asian greens
MAINTENANCE:
Complete pruning.
March is a great month to plant potatoes. Potatoes could not be easier to grow. They do will in containers of any kind-old wheel barrels, garbage cans, large nursery pots. A fun project that captures the child’s imagination is a Potato Tower!
This link will walk you through the basic steps. If you do a tower place gopher wire at base of tower to protect from gophers. Towers can dry out so make sure they get plenty of water.
This link will walk you through the basic steps. If you do a tower place gopher wire at base of tower to protect from gophers. Towers can dry out so make sure they get plenty of water.
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Old Potatoes is an engaging story for primary readers. “One day at her dad’s house, a young girl finds two old potatoes in the cupboard. “Gross.” But before she can throw them away, her dad suggests they try to grow new potatoes from the old ones, which have sprouted eyes. Told from May to September, the potato-growing season, the story includes all the basic steps for growing potatoes while subtly dealing with the parents’ recent divorce. Just like the new potatoes that emerged from ugly old potatoes, this dad and daughter move on and make a new life together in the face of unavoidable and unpleasant change.”
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CoolBeans- would love to hear from bean growers and seed swappers if you did any trading with other schools. Any photos very much appreciated. Coming soon will be the 2020 list of cool heirloom beans for you to grow, eat and swap with other school gardens!