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Vegetable Garden Jobs in April

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Apr, 2012
By Sally Osgerby
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Sow seeds

 

 

 

Sowing leek seeds

Sowing leek seeds

 

Sow Seeds:

 

 

  • Directly into the ground:

o broad beans
o kale
o kohl rabi
o parsnip
o leeks

  • at the end of the month, under glass, to plant out at the end of May:
    + runner beans
    + french beans
    + courgettes
    + squash
    + pumpkins
    + sweet corn
  • repeat sow directly in ground:
    + salad leaves
    + lettuce
    + rocket
    + parsley
    + coriander
    + carrots – use a stale seed bed
    + spring onions

Plant:

  • Onion sets, garlic and shallots if not already done
  • All hardy vegetables started indoors in March in the ground at the end of April
  • Rest of potatoes
  • Seedling vegetable plants purchased from garden centre

Harvest:

  • broccoli
  • autumn lettuce
  • cabbage
  • kale
  • leeks

Other jobs:

  • Polythene &   fleece can be used to protect early outdoor sowings & tender plantings. Some vegetables, particularly beetroot, will bolt if caught by a cold snap.

This link will help you search for fleece (it is an affiliate link).

  • Control slugs – put out traps – slugs can wipe out young seedlings
  • Clear away winter vegetables & prepare soil
  • Cover carrots & summer brassicas with mesh – to keep carrot fly & other flying pests off
  • Keeping  weeds under control is a continuous job in the vegetable garden in April

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