Vegetables and Herbs
- Set out young broccoli, cabbage, Swiss chard, kale, and bok choy plants in early March. You can try Chinese cabbage and cauliflower, but these crops do better in the fall.
- Continue sowing radish and greens like lettuce and arugula every few weeks for a steady supply of salad ingredients.
- Start cucumbers, squash, zucchini, and melons indoors to set out in mid April.
- Perennial herbs like oregano, chives, rosemary, thyme, and marjoram can be planted anytime of the year.
- Sow parsley, cilantro, and dill outdoors.
Fruits
- Before purchasing and planting fruit plants, find out which varieties are recommended for our area.
- Fertilize fruit trees, blackberries, blueberries, and muscadines with slow release fertilizer. Fertilize blueberries carefully – they are easily damaged by too much fertilizer.
- Apples and peaches require regular spraying for reliable production. Start a spray program as soon as the petals fall from the flowers. Spray every 10 to 14 days with a home fruit tree spray.
