What to Plant This Month in West Virginia
(from the WV Extension Service 2011 Calendar)
April
1 – Seed Swiss chard & carrots outside
2 – Seed onions & radishes outside
4 – Plant cabbage & kohlrabi (definitely OUTSIDE—they love cold!)
5 – Plant potatoes & raspberries
6 – Seed beets and kale outdoors
7 – Plant broccoli & cauliflower outdoors
8 – Seed parsnips outdoors
9 – Plant blackberries and fruit trees
11 – Plant peas and radishes
14 – Plant leaf lettuce outdoors
15 – Plant tomatoes INDOORS
16 – Fertilize lawn, plant perennials
17 – Palm Sunday: Hallelujah!
18 – Start compost pile, plant collards
19 – Loosen mulch on strawberries
20 – Refresh mulch on landscape beds
21 – Plant peas outside, transplant leeks
22 – Good Friday: Such a GOOD day for Christians!
23 – Seed new lawn
24 – Easter: He is risen! He is risen indeed!
25 – Seed more carrots, plant sweet corn
26 – Apply pre-emergent landscape weed control
27 – Plant summer flowering bulbs
28 – Begin spraying fruit trees after petals fall
29 – National Arbor Day – plant a tree in your yard! Take your picture next to it after you’re done, and then every year afterward. Watch it grow!
30 – Plant some more perennials
