April 2022
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
01 - 10 April
Using up lots of onions before they shoot.
Seed sowing progressing at pace now
Stripped bedroom wallpaper
Harvested red cabbage
Cut back hawthorn on the allotment
Winter is back
Winter returns – gardening dilemma
An oniony week
11 - 17 April
Planted first broad beans
Picked PSB
First bluebells a Nostell
Planted cauliflower, calabrese and cabbages
Planted several rows of potatoes
Planted first onion and shallot sets
Things heated up
All gardening and no blogging
18 - 24 April
Planted new lavender bed
Planted autumn sown sweet peas
Tidied perennial and shrub bed
Planted more potatoes
Sowed first peas
April plot tour – video
Gardening cycle
25 - 30 April
Sowed parsnips and carrots
Planted second batch of onions and shallots
Planted Sugana raspberries
Planted dahlias
Big cover up
An experiment in germinating tomato seeds
Sowing carrots and flame cutting weed control fabric
Planting continues apace
Just loving the monthly review. It’s good to look back and see all that has been achieved, Ruby is gorgeous as is the swan. A delightful month for beauty in your garden. xxx
I’m glad that you enjoy them Dina.