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🧱 Spring bed reset: pull winter mulch, top up 2–3" compost, loosen with a fork, check drip lines/hoses🧱 Pallet prep: re-stand/anchor the pallets, dig 12" of compost into the ground strip at their base🌱 Start tomato seeds indoors (3 plants: 1 slicer, 1 Roma, 1 cherry)
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🌿 Direct-sow lettuce + spinach in Bed A south half (round 1)
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🌿 Direct-sow radishes + carrots in Bed A south end🌿 Plant onion sets/plants in Bed B (short-day/intermediate — Candy, Texas 1015)
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🌿 Lettuce succession sow #2 (Bed A)🌿 Transplant broccoli into Bed B (8 sq ft)
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🧤 Guide pea tendrils onto the pallet slats
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📝 plan · 🛒 buy · 🧱 prep · 🌱 start indoors · 🌿 plant · 🧤 care · 🧺 harvest · 🔄 reset
Weekend work sessions this month (these are the calendar invites)
Sat Mar 6 9–11 AM — 3 tasks: 🧱 Spring bed reset: pull winter mulch, top up 2–3" compost, loosen with a fork, check drip lines/hoses; 🧱 Pallet prep: re-stand/anchor the pallets, dig 12" of compost into the ground strip at their base; 🌱 Start tomato seeds indoors (3 plants: 1 slicer, 1 Roma, 1 cherry)
Sat Mar 13 9–11 AM — 3 tasks: 🌿 Direct-sow lettuce + spinach in Bed A south half (round 1); 🌿 Direct-sow radishes + carrots in Bed A south end; 🌿 Plant onion sets/plants in Bed B (short-day/intermediate — Candy, Texas 1015)
Sat Mar 27 9–11 AM — 3 tasks: 🌿 Lettuce succession sow #2 (Bed A); 🌿 Transplant broccoli into Bed B (8 sq ft); 🧤 Guide pea tendrils onto the pallet slats
All tasks in March
🧱Spring bed reset: pull winter mulch, top up 2–3" compost, loosen with a fork, check drip lines/hosesPrep · Whole garden · Garden
Don't till — just fork and top-dress. Fix any rotting bed boards now.
03-01
🧱Pallet prep: re-stand/anchor the pallets, dig 12" of compost into the ground strip at their basePrep · Both pallets · Garden
Clay under the pallets needs compost every spring or roots go nowhere. Stake pallets so summer storms don't flatten them.
03-01
🌱Start tomato seeds indoors (3 plants: 1 slicer, 1 Roma, 1 cherry)Start indoors · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Tomatoes
Or plan to buy transplants at the co-op ~Apr 20. Seed-started needs a grow light.
03-01
🌿Direct-sow lettuce + spinach in Bed A south half (round 1)Plant · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Lettuce & spinach (spring)
Barely cover seed. Sow a 2-sq-ft patch; repeat every 2 weeks for a steady supply.
03-08
🌿Direct-sow radishes + carrots in Bed A south endPlant · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Radishes & carrots (spring)
Carrots: mix seed with sand, keep the surface moist 2 weeks (board over the row). Radishes mark the carrot rows.
03-13
🌿Plant onion sets/plants in Bed B (short-day/intermediate — Candy, Texas 1015)Plant · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Onions
1" deep, 4" apart, 8 sq ft. Buy bundles at the co-op in March.
03-13
🌿Lettuce succession sow #2 (Bed A)Plant · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Lettuce & spinach (spring)
Another 2 sq ft.
03-22
🌿Transplant broccoli into Bed B (8 sq ft)Plant · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Broccoli (spring)
Row cover keeps cabbage worms off — leave it on until harvest.
03-22
🧤Guide pea tendrils onto the pallet slatsCare · Pallet 1 — Peas → Pole beans · Snap peas (spring)
Once 6" tall, tuck them onto the lowest slat — they climb on their own after that.
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