{"id":153,"date":"2014-03-03T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2014\/03\/march-gardening-tips-are-ready.html"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:21:43","slug":"march-gardening-tips-are-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2014\/03\/march-gardening-tips-are-ready.html","title":{"rendered":"March Gardening Tips Are Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Crocus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Crocus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"520\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">I took this photo on Saturday: crocus blooming.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><center><\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\">March certainly roars in like a lion! &nbsp;On Saturday, I spotted the first yellow crocus blooming in the garden, and took the picture, above. &nbsp;Sunday, it was so warm that John and I worked outside in the fruit tree orchard, pruning and checking the trees, in jeans and sweatshirts while the cats playing in the mulch. Today, temperatures plunged to the 20s in a matter of hours, and tonight it will be in the single digits. The cats are enjoying &#8220;indoor cat day&#8221; in front of the heating vents while snow and ice cover my poor crocus, above.<\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\">Well, March is an iffy month no matter how you look at it. &nbsp;It can be a winter day or a spring day, warm or cold, snow or rain, sunshine and blue skies or sleet. &nbsp;<\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\">Some of March&#8217;s gardening tasks can be completed indoors, while others require time outside. Download my free March gardening tip sheet today, and use your time wisely to accomplish your gardening tasks. Before you know it, spring will be here for good, and the garden will beckon you outdoors.<\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\"><br \/>\nDownload the <a href=\"http:\/\/sevenoaksconsulting.com\/MarchGardeningTips.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March tip sheet<\/a> here.<\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BlogSignaturebutterfly_zpse4d4943d.jpg\" alt=\"post signature\"><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took this photo on Saturday: crocus blooming. 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