ROLLING HILLS GARDEN CENTER
VILLAGE GALLERY
FLORIST
MARCH QUOTES
“March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.”
― L. M. Montgomery
“But why should the daffodils and tulips
Get all the praise and blessings?
My rebirth goes unnoticed- I am worthy
Of smiles and dazzled cries of worship.”
― Lea Malot, Coffins & Rhinestones
“I love March as it gives me hope that new beginnings are always beautiful”
― Anamika Mishra
“March is when some days are winter and some days are spring, but it's not a smooth gradient from the beginning of the month to the end. Good thing my ducks love the merging of the two seasons.”
― Jarod Kintz
March is the month of expectation.
~ Emily Dickinson
Only those with tenacity can march forward in March.
~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
In March winter is holding back and Spring is pulling forward. Something holds and something pulls inside of us too.
~ Jean Hersey
“But why should the daffodils and tulips
Get all the praise and blessings?
My rebirth goes unnoticed- I am worthy
Of smiles and dazzled cries of worship.”
― Lea Malot, Coffins & Rhinestones
“I love March as it gives me hope that new beginnings are always beautiful”
― Anamika Mishra
MARCH: TIME ACTION IN THE LAWN AND GARDEN.
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It’s time to plant berry shrubs, apple, peach and other fruit trees. If you’re planting fig bushes, this is a good month to get them into the ground.
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Get the garden ready for planting if you’ve not already done so. Take a soil test and add amendments as recommended. Till and remove weeds, working in well-finished compost or manure along with other additions to enrich the soil.
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Make rows, hills and furrows. Till the soil 12 inches. deep for in-ground gardens and work in compost about six inches. deep. Use a string or a piece of lumber to keep the rows straight. Allow 12 inches or more between the rows.
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Clean up and prune camellias. Prune spring blooming shrubs after flowering so as not to remove the flowers.
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Plant a second planting of any cool season crops you’re growing such as turnips, carrots and leafy greens.
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Apply pre-emergent herbicide to lawns for weed control.
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Complete any leftover February items, and remember to proceed with caution. The last frost in the area can be mid to late April. Mother Nature can be fickle!
MARCH IS
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Celebrating the coming of meteorological spring on March 1 and twenty days later celebrating the Vernal Equinox the beginning of astronomical spring.
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Enjoying the Full Worm Moon as earthworms return to above ground.
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Looking forward to the beginning of Daylight Savings Time the second weekend of March.
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Dreading the beginning of Daylight Savings Time the second weekend of March.
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Watching your brackets being "busted" as March Madness runs amok.
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Casting a wary eye over your shoulder on the 15th (Ides of March) lest one tries to pull a Julius Caesar on you.
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Wearing your green and trying to avoid drinking it on St. Patrick's Day.
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Honoring all women on International Women's Day
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Flying a kite on those windy days.
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Figuring out mathematical equations while enjoying a slice of pie on National Pi Day.
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Watching March come in like a lion with the rising of the Constellation Leo in the east at the beginning of the month and go out like a lamb with the setting of the Constellation Aries in the west at the end of the month.
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Taking walks in the beautiful weather on the good days and curling up with a good book on those rainy cold days.
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