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It’s finally March which means that soon our days will be longer than the lower 48 and our temps are starting to climb! There’s finally warmth in the sun and we start to feel like we’ve crossed a major hurdle and spring and summer are just around the corner!
March is also the month that things ramp up in our sunroom because the onions and celery are usually up and there’s something new to plant every week in March!
Here is the list of the seeds that should be planted in March. Some of these you may have started in February, like the peppers and sage, but just in case you didn’t there’s still time to get them started!
VEGGIES:
Peppers
Tomatoes
Eggplant
Chives
Brussels Sprouts
HERBS:
Lemon Balm
Thyme
Oregano
Sage
Calendula
Lavender
Borage
FLOWERS:
Marigolds
Nasturtium
If you’re just getting started gardening in Alaska, we do have a few other resources for you! Our Seed Starting Timeline is free and it’s a wonderful way to determine what needs planted, when. Also, here is the list of our favorite seed suppliers – hint: we start local and get as many as we can from Alaska before we buy from the lower 48.
As for supplies, we don’t get too fancy around the farm. We like to reuse what we can and we keep things pretty simple. We use ProMix to start all of our seeds. We get our ProMix from Grow Generation Garden Store (Formerly Southside Garden in the malle with Value Village).
We do get seed trays which we have to replace every 10 years or so. Amazon actually has some pretty nice ones that are relatively inexpensive. I don’t use a lot of fertilizer because we typically try to use compost for most part. However, I do use Trifecta+ from MIGardener in some areas of the garden and on my seedlings.
What zone is the seed chart for?
UAF ext said in So. Anchorage, from the lower hillside to the water ranged from 2b to 3a.
But I’ve heard from others in the area that they were 4b, now 5a.
I could really use some help figuring out what zone I’m in. Inorder to know when to start these poor seeds, so they have the best chance at survival -I’m mean, thriving 😀
This is for zones 2-3. If you need help figuring out your zone, you will need to track the temps in your microclimate and then compare your temps to the articles that talk about zones. For instance, most everyone around us is zone 3 so we assumed we would also be zone 3 but it turns out, we get just a bit colder in the winter and a bit warmer in the summer than most of our neighbors so we are actually a zone 2. 🙂 Hope that helps!