Planning for March
Last updated: 1 March 2025
Pinch, punch, first of the month! I’m updating all my monthly planning posts again for this year. In case it helps anyone else be more organised too, I’ll be sharing our monthly list of things to do, plan, remember and celebrate. For those who want to be extra organised there’s a free downloadable printable at the end of this post, to help you make your own monthly list, with both a colour version and a printer friendly B&W version available! The downloads include two sheets each, one with and one without a space for notes on foraging.
To Do
Planting seeds
My favourite thing about spring is planting things. Although we live in the city, we have both a shared garden where we have claimed a small corner, and we do a lot of window sill gardening too. March is the time to get all those little seedlings started off, so that they’ll be ready to go in the ground and the window boxes when the warmer spring weather comes around.
Buy new shoes for the kids
As we head out of winter in to warmer months, the kids will be needing new shoes as even in Scotland it’s getting too warm to keep wearing their winter boots. And of course they’ve grown out of last year’s spring/ summer trainers and walking shoes. It’s always a matter of getting the timing just right – don’t buy too soon in case they have a growth spurt, but don’t leave it too late or the shops won’t have anything decent left in their size. Hand on heart, I hate buying shoes!
Start planning for Easter
Easter is a big celebration for us, and while it doesn’t take as much preparation as Christmas I do like to prepare for it well in advance. Easter falls on Sunday 20th April this year, which feels like a long time away, but things I’m doing well in advance include:
- Reserving a grocery slot
- Pre-ordering meat from the butcher
- Booking time off work
- Organising childcare for any days working
Book a summer holiday
If you’ve not sorted your summer holiday already, I recommend doing it soon. We’re not going abroad this year, and have decided to stay local but we haven’t decided where yet so we really need to get our socks on! Once the Easter holidays are out of everyone’s mind, the rest of the summer will book up fast.
Time to Forage For
We’ve really gotten in to foraging over the past couple of years, so in my forward planning I’ve started including a reminder of what plants to forage for each month. This will of course vary hugely depending on which part of the world you live in. For us, it’s what’s ready to forage here in central Scotland (and even here the foraging times sometimes vary depending on what the weather has been like). If you’re not bothered about foraging, the monthly download included two pages – one with, and one without a section for foraging.
In March we’ll be foraging for…
- Dandelions
- Daisies
- Gorse
- Ground Elder
- Nettles
- Wild Garlic
Dates for Our Diary
There are so many dates from different cultures and religions to consider, I’ll just be listing the ones that we ourselves celebrate or commemorate (you can create your own personal list using the download at the end of this post). I’ll also highlight some previous activities from our archives, which will help us to celebrate.
4 March – Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Day (UK)
- Apple & Cinnamon Pancakes (GF)
- Banana and Coconut Pancakes (GF)
- Kaiserschmarren (GF)
- Quick & Easy Pancakes (GF)
- Sweet Potato Pancakes (GF)
6 March – World Book Day (UK)
- 5 Last Minute World Book Day Costumes
- 9 World Book Day Costumes on a Budget
- How to Celebrate World Book Day at Home
30 March – Mothering Sunday (UK)
Coming Up Next Month
One thing I’ve found with monthly planning, is that the things that happen at the beginning of the month can often take you by surprise (like World Book Day, every single year!) So that’s why at the beginning of each month I’ll also be reminding myself what’s coming up the following month.
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
>> Download March Planner (full colour)
>> Download March Planner (printer friendly)
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