Leaf And Flower Week

One of my Grapevine chums started a thread around the old adage of "oak before ash in for a splash. Ash before oak in for a soak!"
Now we are having some pretty wet and cold weather for April and all I can see at home are the oaks, no ash trees up here. So I have no idea if we are in for a soak other than we have yet to see much sun. The tomatoes have been back and forth from the greenhouse to dining table more times than I care to admit owing to very low night time temperatures. The gamble on us having a warm start to Spring, as we had last year, has not paid off. All seedlings are currently in a state of limbo whilst I wrestle with my itch to sow. This brings me nicely to my next post of what to sow in April during my lunar period of leaf and flower week, which starts today. I must set out that raised bed of salad and herbs at home, but need to sort compost and top soil, so this is a job for later on. But what else at this time of year? I have sown pretty much everything I need to for now, coupled with a lack of room in the greenhouse, except kale and maybe some PSB. I intended sowing those, along with Winter cabbage in May, as by then some seedlings should have left home. All other seeds that need sowing in April are my roots and fruits...but lo and behold the postman came to my rescue. For it was he, who brought a large brown A4 envelope from Garden Organic, which contained my exotic seeds. Back in February I signed up to a new project led by GO called "Sowing New Seeds". This is designed to get non traditional crops growing across the Midlands. I have Shark Fin Melon, Chick Pea, Calaloo and Fenugreek. The latter two fall into my week of leaf, so guess what I will be sowing now!