Over much of the USA, April is when the gardening season really gets going. Between preparing the soil and planting the early crops, it's easy to overlook important steps. We really recommend a garden journal as a way to map out what you want to do. Then fill in the whens and wheres. Don't forget to look around and notice what's happening in your area. When are the forsythia blooming? Are you hearing robins in the morning? These are links to the natural world, reasons why we are gardening. Don't forget to smell the roses.
Zones 1-7a: April is the bridge between the indoor seed-starting season and the first real outdoor planting in cold-winter zones. As soon as soil is workable, focus on bed prep, clearing winter cover, and making space for early direct sowing of hardy spring crops - often with row cover or low tunnels to buffer cold nights. Indoors, keep starting and potting up seedlings, and begin hardening off the earliest transplants on mild days so they are ready to go out as soon as your local frost window allows.
Zones 7b-9a: April is a peak planting month in mild-winter zones as soils warm and frost risk fades, opening the door to a much broader range of crops outdoors. Continue sowing cool-season favorites in early April, where nights are still chilly, but begin transitioning beds to warm-season planting through the month as temperatures stabilize. Succession sowing, trellising, and a little frost protection for surprise cold snaps help keep growth steady - and April is also an excellent time to harden off seedlings and get transplants established.
Zones 9b-12: April is full spring momentum in the warm-winter zones, with many gardens shifting decisively into warm-season planting while remaining cool-season crops finish strong. This is a great month to direct sow and transplant heat lovers outdoors, and to keep succession planting going so harvests don’t gap as days get longer and brighter. In the hottest areas, start planning for rising temperatures by watching irrigation closely, adding mulch, and timing your final rounds of tender cool-season crops before consistent heat arrives.
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8-12 Days to maturity. Brassica oleracea var gongylodes. Purple Vienna Kohlrabi Microgreen Seeds. Try adding these as the base of a microgreen salad. Their mild cabbage flavor, paired with colorful...
Beet - Bulls Blood - Microgreens Seeds
11-21 days. Beets are a more advanced microgreen but well worth the effort because of its stunning color and bold flavor. It takes a bit more time to mature, but...
Radish - Triton Purple - Microgreens Seeds
6-10 days. This variety was developed specifically to produce reddish stems. Sprout stems are a colorful light purplish red with bright green cotyledons. And although the stems aren't as red...
Radish Seeds - Microgreen - Sango Purple
6-10 days. Sango Radish microgreens are substantial, crunchy and taste exactly like radish. Very easy and fast growers. Spectacular purple color makes a great choice to add color and pep...
Cabbage Seeds - Red Acre
100 days. The Red Acre cabbage is a hardy garden crop that can be grown in climate zones three through nine. The plant produces medium sized, maroon heads that can...
Lettuce Seeds - Gourmet Mix (Organic)
45-65 days. Organic Gourmet Mixture Lettuce Seeds. Lactuca sativa. Heirloom. Mixed Greens. Organic Gourmet Mix lettuce seeds feature a specialty blend of choice tender loose-leaf lettuce greens to help diversify...
Radish - Purple - Microgreens Seeds
6-10 days. Purple Radish is a solid, reliable and delicious microgreen. Cotyledons are mostly deep purple with occasional green, which make a beautiful highlight. The rosy stems and bright flavor...
Kale Seeds - Red Russian
50-60 days. Red Russian Kale Seeds. Brassica napus var. pabularia. Non-GMO. Heirloom. A popular and tenacious red variation to the ever-popular Russian kale, Red Russian grows a lighter, but still...
Beet Seeds - Ruby Queen
52 days. The Ruby Queen beet is a variety that does very well in poor soils. It produces uniform, round globes and short tops. The leaves grow to be green...
Beet Seeds - Early Wonder Tall Top
35-60 days. The Early Wonder Tall Top is an easy to grow beet that can be harvested as early as thirty five days after planting, and thrives in colder weather....
Cabbage Seeds - Mammoth Red Rock
90 days. The Mammoth Red Rock cabbage has a beautiful reddish-purple tone to its heads, which have a subtle, delicate, and sweet flavor. It is a hardy crop, and grows...
Lettuce Seeds - Leaf - Red Sails
Red Sails Leaf Lettuce is ready in 45 days. An AAS winner, these non-GMO Red Sails seeds grow into green leaves of lettuce with red tips that are ready to...
Carrot Seeds - Purple
65-70 days. Purple carrot Seeds. Daucus carota subsp. sativus. Non-GMO. Heirloom. The Purple Carrot is unique in that it appears quite differently when it is sliced than when it is...
Radish Seeds - Purple Plum
Non-GMO, Heirloom Purple Plum Radish Seeds. 25-30 days. Bright purple skin, firm white flesh, crisp, sweet and mild all season, never pithy of hot, hardy and adaptable. Download Free Vegetable...
Lettuce Seeds - Leaf - Ruby Red
Non-GMO Ruby Red Leaf Lettuce is ready in 35-45 days. Lettuce forms compact plants with loose, crumpled reddish-green leaves. Ruby Red is the darkest red of all red lettuces, won't...
Lettuce Seeds - Romaine - Freckles
50-70 days. These non-GMO Freckles lettuce seeds grow into green leaves of lettuce with red spots that are ready to harvest in 50 to 70 days. The Freckles thrives in...
Bean Seeds - Bush - Royal Burgundy
50-65 Days to maturity. Phaseolus vulgaris. Royal Burgundy Bush Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, high-yielding, bush, snap bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses....
Mixed Greens Seeds - Mesclun Mix - Organic
A succulent blend of gourmet greens that will satisfy your pallet and is extremely healthy. This mesclun blend is the type normally served in fine restaurants, but you can grow...
Hairy Vetch - Cover Crop Seeds
80-90 Days. Vicia villosa. Annual. Heirloom. Non-GMO. Such a vigorous annual cover crop that it is considered invasive in much of the United States, non-GMO hairy vetch is a European...
Alyssum Seeds - Wonderland Series
63-77 Days to maturity. Lobularia maritima. Wonderland Series Alyssum Seeds. Non-GMO, Open-Pollinated, Annual. Wonderland Series Alyssum flower seeds are a classic and award-winning addition to any home or garden this...
Radish - Rambo (Organic) - Microgreens Seeds
6-10 days. Organic Rambo Radish is another striking radish that boasts the same wonderful dark cotyledons as Sango radish. The rosy stems and bright floral flavor add both a tasty...
Radish - Rambo - Microgreens Seeds
6-10 days. Rambo radish is another striking radish that boasts the same wonderful dark cotyledons as Sango radish. The rosy stems and bright floral flavor add both a tasty and...
Swiss Chard Seeds - Rainbow Mixture
60 days. The Rainbow Mixture Swiss Chard seed mix is a blend of different colored swiss chard varieties. The chard can grow in zones 6 and up, and the leaves...
Swiss Chard Seeds - Rainbow Mixture (Organic)
60 days. Organic Rainbow Mixture Swiss Chard seeds. Beta vulgaris var. cicla. Non-GMO. Organic Rainbow mixture swiss chard seed is the perfect variety mix for the home gardener who wants...
Radish - China Rose (Organic) - Sprouting Seeds
5-6 Days to Harvest. Raphanus sativus. Organic China Rose Radish Sprouting Seeds. Organic. Non-GMO. Sprouting. High Germination. Fresh, zesty, and spicy non-GMO Organic China Rose radish sprouts are a colorful...
Cabbage Seeds - Red Acre (Organic)
90-110 days. Organic Red Acre Cabbage Seeds. Brassica oleracea var. capitata. Non-GMO. Heirloom. Nearly a century old and still one of the most reliable performers in the garden, Red Acre...
Carrot Seeds - Black Nebula
Daucus carota This highly attractive open pollinated carrot variety was bred especially for the home gardener. The dark purple roots can be eaten fresh, roasted, steamed or used for dye....
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