Early spring opportunities in vegetable growing

An exciting month ahead for vegetable growing. Sow under cover includes tomatoes, celery, celeriac from 10th, melon watermelon loofah and early leeks in March's last week. Find more monthly details here    • Planting with the Seasons: A Month-by-Mont...   Sow carrots outside from equinox, also Jerusalem artichoke, onion sets. For early potatoes - know your last frost date, plant first earlies probably late March. Transplant, there are so many possibilities, I show at what stage and how deep Harden off? No worries! Use a cover Covers for new plantings, fleece for warmth, thicker grade Hoops for covers? eg wire, check for wind damage PESTS Cover vs flea beetle and tidy to reduce slug habitat Keep beds ready - weeding, raking, tidy plastic, clear cover crops if in the way Prepare new beds eg with plastic on compost Sow wildflowers, see    • Wildflowers in the Meadow   Harvests are increasing such as overwintered spinach - reference other harvests Seeds from https://tamarorganics.co.uk/product-c... Long dibber from https://www.gardenimports.co.uk/produ... Fleece and mesh from https://www.paidonresults.net/c/57860... CD module trays from UK and international stockists: https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/stor... 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Sowing opportunities 01:25 Tomatoes - my recommended sowing times 02:00 Sowing celery and celeriac 02:18 Sowing melons, cucumbers, watermelons and loofahs 02:41 Sowing leeks 03:01 Outdoor sowing possibilities 03:23 Different categories of potatoes, different sowing times 03:54 Transplanting frost-hardy early sowings 04:46 How to transplant – I demonstrate with a pea plant 06:38 Transplanting onions 07:17 Hardening off - is it necessary? 07:46 The benefits of using covers 08:43 Different grades of fleece, how to secure, and how to store 10:00 Different types of cover - Thermacrop, Enviromesh, and bird netting 11:14 Weeding 11:57 Creating new beds, and using black plastic or cardboard to smother weeds 12:59 Harvests - spinach, spring cabbage, spring onion 13:42 Managing slugs 14:24 Wildflower seeds sown after smothering weeds with black plastic 15:24 Drier through March, less watering needed You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:    / @charlesdowding1nodig   #nodig #growyourownfood #healthyfood #slugs #wildflowers