More March Garden Tips

More March Garden Tips from mom:

March weather can be a mixed bag.   Work out side on sunny days but don't rush the season.  If you spaded the garden last fall and left it rough, rake out a small area to plant onion sets for green onions and a row or two of radishes.   These will provide some fresh produce in just a few weeks.  A few herbs and vegetables can be sown directly intp the garden as soon as the soil can be worked.  Do not destroy the soil by working it when it is too wet.   Plant rhubarb and asparagus.   Plant or sow plants or seeds of spinanch, chives, dill, mint, oregano, and thyme.   Plant peas.  Plant hardy perennial plants.

 Gardening has been such a big part of the family tradition that I thought I'd better get as much information written down from mom and dad as possible to pass on.

On This Day : March 19

1627 - John WOODBURY married Agnes NAPPER in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.  John was the son of John WOODBURY and ________.  Agnes was the daughter of Thomas NAPPER and ________.  They were my 11x great-grandparents.


1706 - Samuel WILLSON born in Chesterton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.  Samuel was the son of Samuel WILLSON and Hester OVERTON.  Samuel was my 8x great-grandfather.


1743 - Amy ALLEN married Phillip WARD.  Amy was the daughter of John ALLEN and Amy COX.


1770 - Temperance HALL married Daniel BURDICK in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. Temperance was the daughter of Benjamin HALL and Penelope PALMITTER.


1772 - Ernst Heinrich KAHRE born in Kummersdingsen, Westphalia.  Ernst was the son of Johann Friedrich KAHRE and Anna Marie Wilhelmine KIRSCHOFF.


1775 - Rachel CHAMNESS died.  Rachel was the daughter of Richard BEESON and Charity GRUBB.


1781 - Abigail HEATON married Abraham LAKE.  Abigail was the daughter of Samuel HEATON and ________.


1800 - Caleb BALES married Ann SMITH.  Caleb was the son of William BEALS and Rachel GREEN.


1836 - Keziah DAVIS born.  Keziah was the daughter of Ehud DAVIS and Catherine DAVIS.


1856 - Silas Dunbar YOUNG married Mary Jane MUNCH.  Silas was the son of Phillip YOUNG and Keziah CURTIS.


1858 - Phebe GREGG died in Knox County, Illinois.  Phebe was the daughter of Thomas SUMNER and Hannah HIATT.


1908 - William Everett GILLILAND married Maude Nell ARTHUR in Monroe County, Indiana.  William was the son of Robert Farrell GILLILAND and Mary Ellen SWAFFORD.


1892 - Catherine KANAGY died.  Catherine was the daughter of David JACOBS and Barbara BYERS.


1896 - Carl MILLER born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Carl was the son of Mathias MILLER and Elizabeth SCHAEFFER.


1897 - Samuel S. LAMBERTSON married Ida M. STONE in Tipton County, Indiana.  Samuel was the son of Carey W. LAMBERTSON and Clara E. COOK.


1900 - Dorothy Dot LeMASTER born in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.  Dorothy was the daughter of Luman Cooper LeMASTERS and Barbara Isabel WEHRLY.


1908 - Bessie Elizabeth McLANE married William Francis McOWEN.  Bessie was the daughter of John McLANE and Emma Isabelle DINSMORE.


1913 - Christopher SILLS died in Dora, Wabash County, Indiana.  Christopher was the son of George SILLS and Mary GRIMES.  Christopher was Eileen's 2x great-grandfather.


1914 - Abraham Leander SHERRICK married Elsie V. CROSS in Lima, Allen County, Ohio.  Abraham was the son of David SHERRICK and Susan JACOBS.


1941 - Elizabeth Cassandra PHILLIPS died in Oakland, California.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Lemuel Daugherty BECKETT and Sarah Springer CHEW.


1950 - Patsey PEEPLES died in Marshall County, Indiana.  Patsey was the daughter of Daniel FISHER and Susanna REEVES.  Patsey was Eileen's 3x great-grandmother.


1979 - Hallie Marie MILLER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Marie was the daughter of Alpha Revis CHIVLARE and Clara Belle FOLLOWAY.  Marie was Corinne's great-grandmother.

March Garden Tips

 Gardening has been such a big part of the family tradition that I thought I'd better get as much information written down from mom and dad as possible to pass on.

If you haven't done so already, prune the grapes.   I usually do them around President's Day.  Plant pansies in ground or pots.  Seed annuals indoors.  Apply dormant spray to fruit trees before new growth appears.   Prune winter-damaged hedges.   Trim more at top than bottom to allow light to reach lower branches.  Prune young trees before they leaf out.   Remove dead and crossing branches.   Clean up and mulch all existing beds.  Trim yews, junipers, arborvitae, and hemlock.   When weather premits, mow lawn short to remove dead grass.  Cut back perennials and ornamental grasses before new growth appears.  Remove all of the small, weak canes on raspberries. Cut back the lateral branches to 18 inches.