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Miscellaneous Work in April
 
Week 14   2nd-8th

Various bedding plant seedlings can now be put into coldframe

Similarly various vegetable seedlings.

Plant evergreen hedging  and screening plants from now until the end of May

Repot Alpines

Pot up Celosia Laurus(Bay) Melon

Harden off Lobelia Onions

Thin out lettuce seedlings

Check ponds for leaks and  repair as neccessary.

If the weather is suitable clear up garden of any wind blown debris and weed around structural plants.

Week 15   9th-15th

Various bedding plant seedlings can now be put into coldframe

Similarly various vegetable seedlings.

Trim back Hedera ( Ivy)

Remove weeds from containers and top up with fresh compost as necessary.

Feed & Weed lawn

Check your bonsai tree, root prune if necessary

Week 16   16th-22nd

Various bedding plant seedlings can now be put into coldframe

Similarly various vegetable seedlings.

Scarify and feed & weed lawns

Stock ponds with fish.

Week 17   23rd-29th

Various bedding plant seedlings can now be put into coldframe

Similarly various vegetable seedlings.

Divide overcrowded aquatic plants

 
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