If you're a newer gardener, I invite you to sow seeds along with me! As the season moves along, I will keep you updated on what I'm doing to give you guidance on what you could be doing with your garden.
Wisconsin gardening (zone 5) in April is a bit slow going, but the excitement to be planting seeds makes up for it. I start off my garden to see what cold tolerant crops have self-sowed volunteer plants. Some kale is starting to grow back in my partial shade garden, as well as bib lettuce.
This is the third year that I have allowed my bib lettuce to bolt and go to seed. I will allow one half of the seeds fall to the ground, and collect the other half of the seed so I can plant it throughout the warmer months. It looks like this will be another year with it.
The biggest job when you first start gardening is prepping your beds and soil. The best time to create garden beds is in the fall, by simply laying down cardboard (that has been stripped of any tape and stickers) in the spot that you would like your garden bed to be located. Cardboard helps to exhaust any plants under it (which will help to provide nutrients to your soil, and the creepy crawlies and worms that love to eat cardboard will help to create rich soil too. In addition to cardboard, you can add compost to the top too.
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