There are a lot of edibles that can be planted in April. It is too late to plant cool season crops now, but we can still plant some warm season crops, as well as many tropical crops.
Note: You can use this interactive map to find your last average frost date to determine when it is safe to start planting tropical crops outdoors (most of us are already past the danger of frost in April, but parts of North Florida can still have late frosts): www.plantmaps.com/interactive...
Note: Insect activity really starts increasing in April. It's a good idea to start monitoring your plants for insect damage and hand pick damaging pests whenever possible. For major pest infestations the following can be used:
Organic Pest Control Methods I use:
1) Spray Insecticidal Soap directly on the the bugs (I do this late in the day and rinse off the next morning so the sun doesn't burn the plants). Do repeated treatments every few weeks until they are gone. For a homemade soapy water spray, I mix up some castile soap with water and neem oil (I do 1 tsp of Dr. Bronner Soap + 1 tsp Neem Oil to a quart of water in a spray bottle, per the instructions on the neem oil bottle, but there are many recipes online for homemade insecticidal soap that would probably work just as well). Alternately, you could buy a pre-mixed Insecticidal Soap. These are the brands I have used, but I'm sure there are plenty of other good ones:
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Neem Oil: amzn.to/36VG1P1
2) For Caterpillars I use "Bt" (Bacillus Thuringiensis) and/or Spinosad. I only use them for severe infestations that can't be controlled by routine hand picking. I spray it in the evening when bees are not active and only spray it on the affected plants. These are the ones I have used, but there are other brands that would also work (Note that these are concentrates, meant to be mixed with water following the instructions on the label):
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Bt: amzn.to/3uI9uV4
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