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April 2018
Details of what was sown/planted in April
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.
1 - 8 April
Easter Monday we had snow again
Frogspawn survived
Camellias, pieris forsythia flowering
Fruit bushes breaking bud
Daffodils and primroses flowering on the allotment
Tidied allotment greenhouse and more beds
Harvested last of parsnips and froze them
Harvested leeks, sprouts and some purple sprouting broccoli
Garden perennials are shooting and flowering
Apricot seems to have set some fruit
Planted potatoes - Casablanca, Jazzy, Elfie, Mayan Gold, Carlingford, Apache and carolus
More snow - winter continues -Video
Wettest day - looking back at the archives
Planting early potatoes - video
Planting potatoes in air pot - video
Greenhouse fruit tree update - video
9 - 15 April
Wet, grey and miserable
Fruit definitely setting on apricot
Tidied garden
Cut back passion flower hard
Restained cold frames
Day out in North Yorkshire
Trimmed lavenders
First harvest of rhubarb
Camellias in full flower
Like November or December but there's promise
Still waiting for spring - gardening on hold
At last spring - our warmest day
Planting potatoes in an air pot
16 - 22 April
A taste of summer and the blossom is out
Two day break in Norfolk
Planted five rows of potatoes - Nadine, Cara, Rooster, Kestrel and Osprey
Harvested last of leeks and parsnips
Harvested rhubarb
More tidying on the plot
First lot of potato bags ready for topping up.
Hostas shooting
First anemone de Caen flower
Sowed tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, brassicas, courgettes and lettuce
A mid April tour of the plot - video
What a difference a week makes
23 - 30 April
Radio Leeds Breakfast Show visit
Planted first lot of broad beans
Sowed first lot of peas
Trimmed grapevine
Planted early brassicas, calabrese, cabbage and cauliflower
Sowed lots of seeds - full list here
Tomatoes have germinated
Aubergines and peppers have started to germinate
Planted Charlotte potatoes
Removed more weed control fabric
What a difference a bit of sun makes
More rain - is there more to come?
BBC Radio Leeds visit our plot - video