April 2024
Each month we’ll share growing information courtesy of the WVU Extension and also other information we find helpful, like growing by the moon. This information is geared especially toward our audience here in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Happy Gardening!
Week 14
Monday 1st
April Fool’s Day
Monitor for Asparagus Beetles
Last Quarter Moon 🌗
Tuesday 2nd
Seed Onions, Beets, and Radishes (outdoors)
Seed Kale and Collards
Wednesday 3rd
Plant Cabbage and Kohlrabi
Seed Basil for Transplants (indoors)
Thursday 4th
Seed Beets and Kale (outdoors)
Plant Potatoes 🥔
Friday 5th
Seed or Plant Broccoli, Cabbage, and Cauliflower (outdoors)
Seed Ethiopian Kale
Saturday 6th
Seed Parsley
Seed Dill (indoors)
Turn Compost
Sunday 7th
Week 15
Monday 8th
Seed Parsnips (outdoors)
Plant or Seed Shallots
New Moon 🌑
SOLAR ECLIPSE!
Tuesday 9th
Seed Leaf Lettuce (outdoors)
Plant Fruit and Hazelnut Trees
Wednesday 10th
Apply Crabgrass Control
Thursday 11th
Order Sweet Potato Slip or Bed Sweet Potatoes for Slips
Friday 12th
WV Arbor Day
Seed celery as Transplants
Saturday 13th
Seed Carrots
Transplant Strawberries (Use Row Cover)
Sunday 14th
Week 16
Monday 15th
TAX DAY 💸
Seed Watermelons (indoors)
First Quarter Moon 🌓
Tuesday 16th
Fertilize Lawn
Use Row Covers to Protect Tender Plants
Wednesday 17th
Seed Late Tomatoes (indoors)
Start New Compost Pile
Thursday 18th
Remove Strawberry Row Covers
Plant Perennials
Friday 19th
Refresh Mulch in Landscape Beds
Seed or Transplant Peas (outdoors)
Saturday 20th
Seed Chives (outdoors)
Transplant Leeks
Sunday 21st
Week 17
Monday 22nd
PASSOVER BEGINS
EARTH DAY 🌎
Seed New Lawn
Seed Endive
Tuesday 23rd
Plant Blackberry and Raspberry Plants
Full Moon 🌕
Wednesday 24th
Begin Spring Fruit Trees (after petals fall)
Seed Carrots and Swiss Chard
Thursday 25th
Plant Summer-flowering Bulbs
Apply Pre-emergent Landscape Weed Control
Friday 26th
NATIONAL ARBOR DAY 🌳
Seed Sweet Corn
Seed Asian Greens
Saturday 27th
Buy Herb Cuttings and Plugs
Start Grafting Tomato Plants
Sunday 28th
Week 18
Monday 29th
Seed Tomatillo for Transplants
Seed or Transplant Lemon Balm (outdoors)
Tuesday 30th
PASSOVER ENDS
Seed Ground Cherries
Turn Compost