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March 2024
"May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of St. Patrick behold you."
-Old Irish Blessing
Mid-Atlantic Weather Watch: Seasonable at first with a light wintry mix, then turning mild (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), becoming very warm with rain, then windy, cooler and more seasonable (6, 7, 8, 9, 10); seasonable and dry at first, then milder (11, 12, 13, 14, 15); wintry mix, followed by rain and then turning cooler and dry (16, 17, 18, 19, 20); rain at first, colder with light snow or flurries, then dry (21, 22, 23, 24, 25); turning wet with rain, followed by mild and dry weather (26, 27, 28, 29).
Severe Weather Watch: No severe weather events are predicted by The Town and Country Almanack for the month of March.
The Garden: March is prime time for feeding shrubs and perennials that bloom in the Summer. Also, begin pruning early-flowering shrubs, roses, fruit trees, grapes, and raspberries. Start an all-purpose spray regimen. Be sure to feed well and use supplementary nitrogen in early Spring, in addition to yearly feeding.
Spray fruit trees with a dormant oil when temperatures exceed 40 degrees and before they leaf out. If you did not do so in February, apply a pre-emergent herbicide (that prevents crabgrass) to established lawns before March 15th. But if you plan to seed fescue lawns, do not apply a pre-emergent. It will prevent the grass seed from germinating. It’s also time to start tomatoes, lettuce, and many other vegetable seeds indoors. And do try to plant your peas on St. Patrick’s Day!
The Farm: Best days for planting root crops (5, 6); weeding and stirring the soil (15, 16); planting above-ground crops (17, 18, 19); harvesting all crops (3, 4, 30, 31); setting hens and incubators (1, 2, 3, 17, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31); slaughtering/butchering meat (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15); transplanting (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15); harvesting and storing grain (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9); the weaning of all small animals and livestock (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 30, 31).
J. Gruber’s Thought For Today’s Living
"Great things are not accomplished by idle dreams, but by many years of patient study"
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