April 2020
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
01-05 April
Moved crates – carrots, radish, potatoes and spinach from plot greenhouse to garden greenhouse
Moved gooseberry and lavender cuttings to garden greenhouse
Built new passionflower trellis
Planted early brassicas – cabbage calabrese and cauliflower
Planted second lot of Casablanca and International Kidney
Planted onion sets
Dahlias unpacked
Getting as much done when we can while we can
Lockdown day 14 website killed off
First potatoes planted and some tidying up – video
06-12 April
Erected new fence in garden.
Cleared raise bed and cold frame area
Planted more onions and shallots
Lockdown day 14 – Website killed off
Just managed a new warmest day
Lockdown day 15 Warm weather continues
Lockdown day 17 garden progress
13 - 19 April
Sowed peas, carrots and parsnips on allotment
Planted Osprey, Elfe and Apache potatoes
Lots of bed clearing and preparation
Sowed carrots and radish in crate in garden greenhouse
Tidied and fed the strawberries
Harvested first radishes
Sowed seeds to place in light garden list here
Lockdown day 19 – Broad bean problems
Lockdown day 20 – Dry but much colder
Lockdown day 24 – Does any software work?
Lockdown day 28 – Our new website is live
We’ve been ‘attending’ our plot
20 - 30 April
Unpacked dahlia tubers
Strimmed the grass
Cleared brassica, leek and parsnip beds
More tidying
Planted the remaining potatoes – Nadine nd Rudolph
Planted left over seed potatoes into a mixed bed
Cut back the grapevine
Ruby’s first plot visit
Lockdown day 30 – Watercress carnage
Lockdown day 36 – Will anything grow, it’s that time of year
Lockdown day 37 – some rain arrives
A walk around the garden – video
First aerial view if the year -video
A late April tour of the plot – video