Our spring plantings are coming right along. The peppers and tomatoes are safe in the green house until true warm weather arrives.
Onions, lettuce, cabbage, kale, and radishes are doing well and I know the rain we got over the last two days will have them growing by leaps and bounds. Our carrots haven’t come up yet but I’m hopeful they will soon.
After a good rain in early spring everything seems to just take off overnight and I know the recent wet weather will jumpstart the potatoes we planted. I hope the rain put out all the forest fires too.
Here’s the best planting signs for April 2025.
Taurus: good for all root crops and above ground crops 27, 28
Cancer: best for planting above ground and root crops 3, 4, 5
Scorpio: best for flowers and above ground crops 13, 14
Pisces: good for planting and transplanting above ground crops, trees and shrubbery 23, 24
I’m planning to take advantage of the good planting days this week to sow more lettuce and radishes. I’ve also had success planting nasturtium seeds in the garden about now so I hope to do that too.
Tipper
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Tipper, when planting by the signs, how do you deal with your starts? Do you count when you plant the seeds or when you transplant the plants that grow from the seeds? Or, do you do both?
Robert-I try to do both 🙂
Happy Gardening everyone !!!
Thanks for the signs dates. They will come in handy as I have been readying my rows and hills to plant in. Not quite done but almost. I like to have a bunch of places ready to plant in and I can make a lot of planting progress quickly. I like to have the whole garden planted here by Tax Day. It is a juggling act to miss late frosts, dry ground and temperatures over 80°F battering little plants and seedlings. I almost never escape all three, will usually have at least one. This year looks like dry & hot, like Randy said he has been contending with.
Tipper, so glad that you have got your garden started. Remember to say a pray over each thing that you plant. I know it will produce well. God bless the Pressley, Wilson, and Graddick families.
I have about decided to throw in the towel this year and not try to have a garden except for a few tomato plants. There is only me and my son. I can buy fresh vegetables from a local farmers market. Besides my bad arthritis knees and legs making it so hard to try and help my son to work a garden, I am tired of fighting the dry hot summers we are now having and especially the DEER. I would like to plant some Mississippi Purple Hull peas but again keeping the deer out is a major problem. Peas are like rib eye steak to deer.
Your peppers look much better than mine. Mine are like little toothpicks but I think there’s plenty of time as some nights are still in the 30s here in KY.
The red cup must have a HOT pepper in it. I like that, color coding your pepper plants.
Ed, we need to get some Carolina Reaper seed, supposed to be hottest in the world, and send it to Tipper. I think I read Matt likes hot pepper. I have read that the same man that came up with the Carolina Reaper has one even hotter now he named Pepper X. I think some have died trying to eat it. These peppers would melt that solo cup and might even defrost the refrigerator. What purpose does any pepper this hot serve?
I love hot pepper too!
Can’t wait to see this year’s garden!
Our garlic is growing like crazy and our onions are popping up through the soil too. We haven’t gotten any lettuce sewed yet. It’s too wet right now. I am just so excited to see blooming daffodils and the greening of our yard. I hope everyone’s gardens do wonderful. Thanks so much for the planting information.
Sounds like things are progressing nicely with the garden. Prayers for favorable weather patterns for both the gardens and for extinguishing those terrible forest fires. ❤️❤️
April Fool 2025….dusting of snow in NE Ohio. Last week I assembled the little green houses in hopes of starting plants outside. I will need to wait.
Tipper, your enthusiasm is contagious as I look at your pretty little healthy plants come right on up! I’m going to plant seed hopefully this week. To be honest I’m on the no plan plan. I’m gonna wing when I feel like it and 37 cold degrees in rain ain’t feeling like it. lol But hopefully I will get to it as I look toward you for inspiration and encouragement!!! I think what you’re really saying here is just get up and go do it-you may have fun and surprise yourself as you watch little seeds grow and then wonderful, good for you, nutritious food!!! Thank you, Tipper, for all the encouraging and fun things you do!!! I think you’re marvelous, really!!! God bless you all this day!
Praying that you have better weather this year!
May God continue to bless y’all this year and your gardens grow and produce immensely. I pray your family have a great year as well.