could anyone please tell me if i need to start digging my garden over ready to plant flowers as i believe most planting is carried out in march is this correct?
we only moved into this house last year and it's the first time we have had a garden and we ended up with two, one at the back and one at the front and i havn't a clue where to start.
thanks
clive

This would be a great time to prepare your bed for planting, as long as the soil is not frozen. Dig down deeply and add soil ammendments like compost, manure and/or humus as needed. It will depend on your average last day of frost to determine when you should start planting. You don't want to plant too early and have a late frost kill or damage your plants.

As soon as you get all that digging done, it would be a good time to have your soil tested to see what nutrients you need to add to it. You might be able to find a kit to do this at a garden supply store or call Allen Tishmarsh (sp?) Then you will be ahead of all the rest of us here in the northern US.

[ February 09, 2003: Message edited by: Carol5270 ]