Grow your own jobs for March

What to do in March

Greenhouse

• Earth up potatoes growing in containers
• Sow brassicas
• Sow lettuce every two or three weeks
• Thin out courgette seedlings if two have germinated in the same pot
• Sow salads in containers or the greenhouse border
• Sow greenhouse tomatoes
• Sow a second batch of broad beans
• Sow tender herbs, such as coriander

Outdoors

• Plant broad beans outdoors
• Plant out peas growing in gutters and sow another batch direct in the soil
• Plant early and second-early potatoes in mild areas
• Plant shallots
• Test the soil temperature regularly to see if it's warm enough to sow outdoors

The rest of the garden

Read our guide to gardening jobs for March