{"id":26068,"date":"2014-04-09T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=26068"},"modified":"2014-04-08T13:25:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T19:25:20","slug":"plants-will-grow-april-garden-southwest-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/plants-will-grow-april-garden-southwest-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"What Plants Will I Grow in My April Vegetable Garden in Southwest Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26255\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-cabbage-sprouts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26255 \" title=\"Tenderheart Chinese cabbage sprouts in early April in southwest Idaho.\" alt=\"Tenderheart Chinese cabbage sprouts in early April in southwest Idaho.\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-cabbage-sprouts-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-cabbage-sprouts-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-cabbage-sprouts-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-cabbage-sprouts.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tenderheart Chinese cabbage sprouts in early April in southwest Idaho.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Right now, in early April <\/strong>in my garden, I have these vegetable plants sprouted and growing because I planted them in March or they volunteered in March:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>lettuce<\/li>\n<li>peas<\/li>\n<li>radishes<\/li>\n<li>cilantro<\/li>\n<li>broccoli<\/li>\n<li>cabbage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other things, like bunching onions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/late-winter-harvest-of-last-years-bunching-onions-in-omelet\/\" target=\"_blank\">(which I can harvest most of the winter)<\/a><\/span>, leeks, asparagus, and garlic, have wintered over, as I mentioned in my post about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/plant-march-southwest-idaho-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\">how to decide what can be planted in March<\/a><\/span>.<em> (click on any photo to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26259\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-bunching-onion-frenzy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26259\" alt=\"April bunching onion frenzy - maybe I should have eaten more of them over the winter!\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-bunching-onion-frenzy-282x300.jpg\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-bunching-onion-frenzy-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-bunching-onion-frenzy-964x1024.jpg 964w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-bunching-onion-frenzy.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April bunching onion frenzy &#8211; maybe I should have eaten more of them over the winter!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26261\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-radish-sprouts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26261  \" title=\"Radish sprouts first leaves look a lot like cabbage and broccoli sprouts.\" alt=\"Radish sprouts first leaves look a lot like cabbage and broccoli sprouts.\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-radish-sprouts-228x300.jpg\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-radish-sprouts-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-radish-sprouts-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-radish-sprouts.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radish sprouts first leaves look a lot like cabbage and broccoli sprouts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>But it&#8217;s not too late<\/strong> to plant any of these cool weather crops in April. Except for peas, which if you try to plant now, you might want to make sure you have chosen a variety that will produce before the consistently scorching temperatures hit at the end of June. In fact, I will probably be planting more of most of these vegetables, sometimes for a variety that is supposed to produce for a fall harvest (such as cabbages), or for having a relatively constant supply of something (like lettuce, weather permitting). I see on my seed package that I could\/should have started celery outdoors in March, but I might try still. If I have learned anything in all my years of gardening, it is to just try things. A re-plant of spinach may be in order, since I haven&#8217;t seen <del>any<\/del>\u00a0very many sprouts yet. I will probably try new seed, since spinach should like cool weather just fine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26264\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-spinach-sprouts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26264 \" title=\"Spinach seedlings in my April garden. I think they might have sprouted earlier if we had had more rain in the middle of March. But, we didn't.\" alt=\"Spinach seedlings in my April garden. I think they might have sprouted earlier if we had had more rain in the middle of March. But, we didn't.\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-spinach-sprouts-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-spinach-sprouts-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-spinach-sprouts-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-spinach-sprouts.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spinach seedlings in my April garden. I think they might have sprouted earlier if we had had more rain in the middle of March. But, we didn&#8217;t.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>And April is a chance<\/strong> to plant another wave of vegetables, now that there shouldn&#8217;t be any heavy freezing, although there will still be early morning frosts for a while. This is what is on my agenda for planting outdoors now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>potatoes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/planting-potatoes-with-2-foot-long-eyes-in-late-may\/\" target=\"_blank\">(you can read here about last year&#8217;s experiment with planting potatoes late.)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>beets<\/li>\n<li>standard storage or other specialty onions<\/li>\n<li>carrots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26266\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-harden-off-seedlings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26266 \" title=\"The first real day of hardening off my greenhouse grown seedlings they will spend only an hour outside. It was a mild April morning, about 60 degrees, with a slight breeze. If the weather had been more extreme, they either would not have stayed out as long OR I would have waited until a better day for their first outing!\" alt=\"The first real day of hardening off my greenhouse grown seedlings they will spend only an hour outside. It was a mild April morning, about 60 degrees, with a slight breeze. If the weather had been more extreme, they either would not have stayed out as long OR I would have waited until a better day for their first outing!\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-harden-off-seedlings-300x248.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-harden-off-seedlings-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-harden-off-seedlings-1024x846.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-harden-off-seedlings.jpg 1451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first real day of hardening off my greenhouse grown seedlings they will spend only an hour outside. It was a mild April morning, about 60 degrees, with a slight breeze. If the weather had been more extreme, they either would not have stayed out as long OR I would have waited until a better day for their first outing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26278\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-garlic-green.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26278 \" title=\"My fall planted garlic is growing nicely this spring. Each plant is from a clove I saved from last year's harvest.\" alt=\"My fall planted garlic is growing nicely this spring. Each plant is from a clove I saved from last year's harvest.\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-garlic-green-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-garlic-green-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-garlic-green-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-garlic-green.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My fall planted garlic is growing nicely this spring. Each plant is from a clove I saved from last year&#8217;s harvest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It doesn&#8217;t seem<\/strong> like much to plant, but there is weeding and prep that can be done for all the warm weather crops to be planted from mid-May to June. Also, I have trays of tomatoes and flowers doing well in my greenhouse. I would have peppers, if I hadn&#8217;t planted so many last year that I have a freezer full of them still.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I tend to include berries<\/strong> in the scope of &#8220;vegetable&#8221; planting, because involves that which is edible. I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/grow-strawberries-hot-summers-idaho\/\" target=\"_blank\">planted strawberries crowns in the last days of March<\/a><\/span> and they are showing signs of vigorous green growth. I may have to watch the weather for any significant freezing, since the roots are rather shallow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26270\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-strawberries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26270  \" title=\"Newly planted strawberries growing well after a nice, rainy couple of weeks! Note: the grass is 2 day old &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/why-i-mulch-with-grass-clippings-in-my-southwest-idaho-garden\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;grass clippings put there as mulch&lt;\/a&gt;. It is not lawn growing there.\" alt=\"Newly planted strawberries growing well after a nice, rainy couple of weeks! Note: the grass is 2 day old &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/why-i-mulch-with-grass-clippings-in-my-southwest-idaho-garden\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;grass clippings put there as mulch&lt;\/a&gt;. It is not lawn growing there.\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-strawberries-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-strawberries-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-strawberries-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-strawberries.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newly planted strawberries growing well after a nice, rainy couple of weeks! Note: the grass is 2 day old <a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/why-i-mulch-with-grass-clippings-in-my-southwest-idaho-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\">grass clippings put there as mulch<\/a>. It is not lawn growing there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I also transplanted<\/strong> a black berry &#8220;plant&#8221; since it was showing signs of putting out new leaves. I put &#8220;plant&#8221; in quotes, because it spreads so much by the roots, that deciding how to divide it was like cutting tentacles underground. I will probably have to spray it with weed killer in the area I removed it from, because it was blocking my access to the chicken coop and I don&#8217;t want to deal with that again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I will be turning<\/strong>\u00a0on my irrigation sprinkler system in a day or two. That is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/helpless-female-buys-sprinkler-parts-at-pipeco-and-installs-netafim-irrigation-tubing-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">always a test for my unmechanical mind<\/a><\/span>. If the neighbors are watching, I&#8217;m sure it is entertaining for them. If they&#8217;ve been paying attention over the years, they probably invite friends over and serve snacks for the annual viewing of Sprinkler Madness. However, I take solace in my garden results, and hope that they also enjoy looking at all the vegetation and flowers during the growing season!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26276\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-pink-tulips.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26276 \" title=\"Beautifully cheerful, pink tulips blooming in full sun in my Idaho garden. \" alt=\"Beautifully cheerful, pink tulips blooming in full sun in my Idaho garden. \" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-pink-tulips-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-pink-tulips-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-pink-tulips-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/April-pink-tulips.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautifully cheerful, pink tulips blooming in full sun in my Idaho garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, in early April in my garden, I have these vegetable plants sprouted and growing because I planted them in March or they volunteered in March: lettuce peas radishes cilantro broccoli cabbage Other things, like bunching onions (which I can harvest most of the winter), leeks, asparagus, and garlic, have wintered over, as I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,66,19],"tags":[49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}