What Can I Grow in April?

Ah, April, a month that gives us leaves on the trees, blossom in the hedgerow, and a headache with its changeable weather. We gardeners would love April to be a season of sunshine and soft showers. But, instead, we need to plan for sleet and hail, or even snow. As the effects of climate change are felt more widely, we may even need to forego thinking of April as a rainy month at all, and just an extension of dry winters. It’s also at least a month before we can be relatively sure that there will be no more frosts.

On the plus side, April is often an enticing month to be outside in the garden, which is good news, as there’s plenty to do (mostly weeding). And we can continue the spring sowing frenzy, with the gardener’s optimism that all of our seedlings will bear fruit (or veg) later in the year. April is a month of hope and fresh starts, when all the garden’s previous failures are washed away on a tide of rising sap and enthusiasm.

Also, there may well be purple sprouting broccoli or asparagus to harvest (or at least, to anticipate), and these fleeting seasonal delights are worth waiting for.

If you’re buying seeds or garden supplies then it’s worth noting that T&M is offering a £20 discount on orders over £100 this year. You can access that offer by clicking this link. It should automagically apply the right coupon code to your shopping basket. That’s an affiliate link, and if you click through and make a purchase I’ll earn a few pennies to keep me in seed potatoes.

Vegetables to sow in April

What to harvest in April

Technically still in the ‘hungry gap’, April brings its challenges in terms of harvests. Yet you may be seeing the first of the asparagus, and the purple sprouting broccoli. Spring cabbages, spring