Episode 647: March Begins: Soil Warming, Cauliflowers & No‑Dig Gardening

About this episode

Richard discusses the arrival of March, soil warming, and features a multi-headed cauliflower as the Seed of the Month.

March has arrived and the soil is finally starting to warm up. This week on the podcast In this week’s episode of The Veg Grower Podcast, Richard is welcoming in the month of March. I share updates on soil temperatures, warming beds for early sowings. We also have our Seed of the Month, and this month’s book review. There’s also a simple seasonal recipe using purple sprouting broccoli. Down the Allotment After weeks of rain, a few dry days have finally helped the soil begin to dry and warm. Richard has also been checking temperatures with a soil thermometer. Although readings are still around 5–7°C, things are moving in the right direction. Richard goes on to talk about how he's using cloches to warm the beds ahead of direct sowing, and why he prefer them over black plastic or weed membrane. There’s also a bit of reflection on how the allotment is looking overall as we head into the new season. In the Potting Shed With the shed averaging around 11°C this week, Richard has moved some of his peppers and chillies out from indoors to free up space. They’re looking happy, and the shed is now ready for more seed sowing as temperatures continue to stabilise. Seed of the Month…

People in this episode

Host: Richard

Topics covered

• soil warming
• cauliflowers
• no-dig gardening
• seasonal recipes
• allotment updates

Keywords

• soil temperatures
• seed sowing
• allotment
• cloches
• gardening

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Premier Seeds Direct

Products: purple sprouting broccoli, multi-headed cauliflower

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