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April 2016
Archive for previous years' diaries dating from 2007 can be accessed by clicking here
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
For April 2016 weather summary
Details of our April harvest
The flowering shrubs are coming into their own. The daphne sown some years ago is at it's best ever with not only lots of flower but also beautiful perfume.
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Moved shooting onions and shallots to the cold frame and planted more.
Sowed, broad beans, sweet peas and leeks
Birds are collecting nesting material
We saw our first butterfly in the greenhouse
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Shrubs are putting on a display
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The plants were nattered by hail - generally not gardening weather
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In the garden greenhouse brassicas are perking up and salad leaves are growing well
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Tidying and weeding on the plot.
Planted first potatoes
Harvested leeks and a cauliflower
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More tidying and preparing beds on the plot
Harvested some parsnips
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More weeding and tidying in the plot
Weeded round raspberries and all are shooting
Pear, plum and greengage blossom opening
Pollinated honeyberry flowers
Dug up primroses that had seeded in the grass ans planted in the garden
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African violet leaf has produced small plantlets
Azalea flowering
Pink camellia flowering
First sweet peas have germinated
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Repotted figs and placed outside
Grapevine in greenhouse is shooting
Sweet peas. spring onions and and broad beans germinating
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Sowed tomatoes, aubergines, parsley and more annual flowers which have been popped under the grow light in the house
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More tidying and cultivating beds on the plot
Pear blossom is out
Summer raspberries are all shooting
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Planted six new trial varieties of potatoes.
Prepared more bed and tidied redcurrant cage
Planting our potato day potatoes
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Hostas are shooting and being sprayed with Grazers slug repellent
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Garden cherry tree in flower.
Annual flowers, tomatoes and basil germinating
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Cherry tree - Stella in the garden and marsh marigolds are flowering.
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Robins singing in the garden
Pink camellia is flowering
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In the pebble border, aubretia, saxifrages and lithodora are flowering
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More annual flower seeds and peppers sown and placed under growlight
Earlier sowings have germinated and really need to be pricked out but the weather is so cold.
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In the garden greenhouse the annual flowers are germinating.
The broad beans, onions and shallots are waiting to go outside.
The sweet peas are growing well.
At least we are picking some salad ingredients from the greenhouse salad bar.
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