April To Do

With the buds on various plants and trees now bursting through, there are a host of things to do in the month of APRIL. The web site hosts a page entitled the ALLOTMENT YEAR, which was originally posted as a series of jottings in terms of how Karen tackled the allotment and the job to be undertaken at various stages of the year.

For any avid readers of Karen's posts, there are some notable differences this year. Firstly we have encountered an extremely wet, but not particularly harsh winter. The social distancing measures in terms of COVID 19 means all sport whether elite or club level has been cancelled, and therefore Ray is not off at a cricket fixture, race track or end of season football, and can therefore be spied from time to time actually doing something on the plot.



These points aside, the conservatory is gradually filling up with tomato, spring onion, beetroot, peas and mange tout plants, with the window sills littered with Inca Berry, beauty bell peppers, chillis, dahlia, coriander, marjoram and lettuce. Courgettes and squashes are due to be sown during April, and there are a host of activities to be done on site in terms of existing fruit bushes / trees, with the final remnants of tidying up for the growing season.

The original article is a little dated now, but presents a useful reference point for the month of April.