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Vermont Home Gardener April Gardening April showers bring May flowers (and muddy roads). Snow drops, crocuses, and winter aconite have been showing since the mid-March snow melt and daffodils are soon to blossom. We survived the late March ice storm and can now begin early spring preparations. This means gardeners have lots to do to get the season started. Even the bees are beginning to forage for pollen and nectar. Along with early pruning and seed starting there is the necessary clean-up and garden preparations. In this article we cover details of these renewing tasks and offer a couple thoughts about why we garden. Seed Starting Onion seeds were sown (indoors) in early March. Late March through mid-April is the best time to start peppers (sweet or hot), tomatoes, and cabbage. Broccoli, cauliflower and many annual flowers (zinnias, snapdragons, cosmos, marigold, etc.) seeds can be started in mid to late April. Johnny's Seeds has a very helpful seed starting calculator online that covers every vegetable and flower you might plant. You simply enter your spring frost free date (May 22 in Mount Holly) and the table tells you when to start the seeds and when to transplant them. Here is a good video about starting your own seeds. Join me at 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 6 in the Mt. Holly Community Center for a discussion about seed starting and more Best Spring Gardening Ideas. Read the full article at Vermont Home Gardener and subscribe for FREE.
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