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jobs to do in April

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Sowing & Planting

  • Sow peas direct, or if you want to stop the mice from eating them, sow into small pots until they have rooted before planting out.
  • Plant early potatoes into trenches or holes in the first half of the month and lates in the second half of the month.
  • Transplant onions and shallots direct into the ground.
  • Pot up brassicas into 3" pots.
  • Pot up tomatoes, sweet peppers and chilli when the first true leaves appear.
  • Sow French Beans, spinach, beetroot, Swiss chard, radish, turnip outdoors, direct into the ground.
  • Sow carrots into finally sieved soil to avoid stones.
  • Sow sweetcorn into long root training modules.
  • Sow courgettes & squashes direct on in pots.

Harvest

  • Asparagus,  cut half an inch below the ground.
  • Spring cauliflowers and sprouting broccoli.
  • Lettuce

Preparation & Planning

  • Prepare seedbeds by hoeing and marking with string.
  • Protect young seedlings and plant with cloches.
  • Thin out seeds when they get large enough to handle.
  • Prune cherries and plums once leaf buds have opened.
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