March Gardening Tips/Tasks and Seeds to Start | Zone 8b | PNW

Happy March gardening!! March is a really exciting time because there are so many seeds you can started inside, under cover and also inside for transplant later. This month you can start all of the heat loving plants like peppers, tomatoes and eggplants. We are so close to our last frost date and this month is warmer than the others so far (usually). I feel like March is always the turning point for the garden as far as starting it and we are just around the corner from delicious harvests (I am getting ahead of myself).
Happy gardening and let me know if you liked the video or if you have any questions. Thank you.
#MarchGardeningTips #pnw #Zone8b #WesternWashingtonGardening

[@nicoledragonastrology]

Ooh interesting, slug collection for the ducks. I love that

[@nicoledragonastrology]

We let our ducks roam the garden in February and beginning of march, they take out the pnw slugs! 😊

[@jamiehandy33]

Cheers from Olalla, 8b. I really enjoy your channel🎉

[@medicvaldez]

Love finding 8b channels!!! I'm in Tillamook OR so yikes! Hard to figure out what to plant, when to start! Yahoo! Can't wait to go through everything and learn!

[@littlerootsranch]

Yay!! Our climate is so different from other 8b zones. Arizona is also 8b but we sure have different summers, lol. I do think we have the best area to garden in!! Thank you for watching.

[@alyssa0411]

I live near Vancouver, WA. The slugs were really bad when I moved here 2 years ago. I had never seen leopard slugs before and was really amazed and slightly horrified when I first saw them all over the place. It’s so hard to take it slow, I spend Nov. to Feb. staring longingly out the window at my bare flower beds. March rolls around and I’m spending it trying to keep the brakes set.

[@user-yt8qh3bv2v]

I've been watcing your videos for over a year now, and really appreciate how much you love gardening/farming! I do too so watching your videos is energizing! I'm in Lebanon Oregon 8b! Happy gardening!

[@francesca2173]

I so enjoy your videos. Your enthusiasm is contagious!

[@littlerootsranch]

Thank you!! I get so excited about gardening and helping others get into it. Escaping to the garden is the best medicine known to man- in my opinion.

[@katrynlord6516]

When I lived in Washington I didn't even have to dig down in the dirt I just set a bowl out with stale beer in it and they would crawl right into it and die a much better solution than when I first moved out there everyone told me to pour salt on them which is very gross and leaves a big snotty streak as well as pretty horrifying.😢

[@littlerootsranch]

The slugs are always crazy here. I have heard really good things about the beer traps but I haven’t used them. I have ducks so I just toss a bowl without looking and run away lol.

[@madelinewhitney832]

Would love to see a video similar like this but a with more details n focus on flowers!! (You mentioned doing thid here, but I'm not sure if you ever did expand on that as u haven't found that it your videos. Not yet, at leastm.. Correct me if I'm wrong and just missed it when i looked though!! If that's the case, I'd be super appreciative if someone could give me a lill nudge in te right direction, lol....

[@littlerootsranch]

You know, I did do another flower video but it did so bad I did not continue making them. For me, aside from dahlia seeds, I tend to wait till it is warmer and start them outside or in the greenhouse (the veggies take my inside space).

[@alderbottomoutdoors9794]

Great vid very helpful, I'm up in whatcom county. Cheers!

[@littlerootsranch]

Thank you and thank you for watching!! Cheers!!

[@oksanavladimirovna1423]

Hello from Renton. Also 8b 😊 thank you for your videos. Very inspiring!

[@littlerootsranch]

Yay, so close. Thank you for watching, I am glad they are helpful.

[@reneee6016]

Tomato patience is in full force right now!!! 😫

[@littlerootsranch]

It is sooooo hard. I am tempted to start my tomatoes 😬

[@ahiggins]

Perfect video, so glad to have found you. It was like listening to a friend with great garden advice. Awesome!! I liked and subscribed right away. 😊❤🇨🇦

[@littlerootsranch]

Yay, I am glad you found my channel, thank you for watching. 👩🏻‍🌾 ❤️ 🇨🇦

[@Kavixiu]

Hello from Tenino! Great video, happy to come across your channel. We moved into a new home this year so are starting the garden from almost scratch and this is really helpful. +1 to the beer as slug bait - In my last garden in Portland from a couple years ago I was always shocked how many slugs would appear in the little trays by morning (and I convinced myself they went out blissfully lol)

[@littlerootsranch]

Hi Kavi!! A new garden is so exciting because there are so many possibilities and a new start. It is crazy how much slugs like beer huh? I do feel like it has the be the easiest way to go for sure. Let me know how your garden comes along this year and thank you for watching. Happy gardening!!

[@pandorasgarden3369]

Cheers from South Carolina

[@littlerootsranch]

Cheers!! South Carolina is on my bucket list of places to visit. ❤️

[@aritubeoneone]

thank you.

[@littlerootsranch]

Absolutely, thank you for watching.

[@jgivens3472]

Beer 100% works Cheers from down south!

[@littlerootsranch]

Is there a type of beer you prefer? I have always heard Coors light. Cheers

[@TheSleepyMisfit]

I’m in zone 8b as well! I’m looking forward to following your channel!

[@littlerootsranch]

Thank you and thank you for watching.

[@TheSleepyMisfit]

@@littlerootsranch you’re welcome ^_^ I subbed 🌸 can’t wait for more videos !

[@susanchristensen1500]

I just so enjoy your videos. Since I have a mole issue (they love my garden) I'm planting daffodils around my raised beds, they say moles do not like them, we'll see. I have my stale coors light beer traps out, they work. Thank you for your videos.

[@littlerootsranch]

Thank you, and thank you for watching. I need to buy beer for the slugs, lol. I want to plant daffodils too, but for the rabbits. I have bad rabbit pressure and I heard rabbits hate daffodils.

[@susanchristensen1500]

@little roots ranch hello, I hear that daffodils are some what poisonous, however also that it's a rabbit, deer, etc deterrent? I'm wanting to get some ducks for the slugs(we have an abundance, for yard backs up to Forrest) just worry about predators.

[@MichaelMerritt]

Portland slugs 🐌 love the beer but I’ve found they’re the variety that writhe and coil till they reach container sides then crawl right up and out of the container. We have super slugs 😢. We tried all sorts of containers and depths and eventually switched to picking at night.

[@littlerootsranch]

They are getting too smart for us. 😞 The slugs that are really big are always creepy to me but they are easier to see. Every year I feel like they get bigger.

[@robertpaulis439]

Take a piece of copper wire and make a loop. Lay it flat and place a slug inside the wire. Watch the reaction. Now think of how to surround your stuff to slug proof. Make sure they can't get underneath it cause they will.

[@koriniadivine17]

Tacoma gardener here!

[@littlerootsranch]

Hello for a little north 👋

[@ScienceisRadAF]

I’m in the PNW, coming to you from fake spring (Braxton Hicks of weather) lol. My little greenhouse gets so cold at night 😞. Any strategies for keeping the heat in?

[@The1eviltemptress]

Do you find it works to transplant things like radishes, turnips, carrots, etc.? I would think that wouldn’t work well.

[@littlerootsranch]

Root veggies are never good to transplant because disturbance to the root causes misshapen veggies. Some farms do it, but they transplant the second growth starts but I would not recommend for the average gardener. I have had luck with beets, but I do transplant them the second they emerge.

[@crazyian9710]

Thank you so much! When do you usually start cucumbers?

[@littlerootsranch]

When sowing cucumber seeds outdoors, germination is best when the soil temperature is at least 55 °F. Cucumbers are very sensitive to having their roots disturbed and do not transplant well if the have grown too large for their cell/cup/block so you want to make sure you do not start them too soon. I usually start mine at the end of April but I am going to experiment with some earlier starts for inside the greenhouse.

[@RM-te1pc]

how do your ducks not get eaten by wildlife? ours are getting decimated by a bobcat

[@littlerootsranch]

We had a mountain lion problem a couple years ago but not anymore. The ducks, chickens and turkeys are locked up at night to keep them safe. The ducks have only been at risk from owls, so I actually lock them up just before sundown.

[@oksanavladimirovna1423]

Gosh I need a green house 🥺

[@littlerootsranch]

A greenhouse is really a life changer in the garden!!