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Growing by the moon
Does anybody have particular views about, or experiences of moon phases affecting growth of their plants?
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Does anybody have particular views about, or experiences of moon phases affecting growth of their plants?
Here's a link to an online moon calendar which is not as detailed as Maria Thun's book but offers a daily guide to different ways of moon planting. It covers a week, so one can do some planning using it and covers three methods: synodic, biodynamic and sidereal.
http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/Moon_Planting.asp
I seem to be using the biodynamic one for gardening and a combination of the biodynamic and synodic for making herbal potions.
One very useful thing about moon planting is that it helps one get organised, especially in busy periods, so one actually remembers to sow the seeds!
The full moon on Tuesday night (30th March) is known as the Worm Moon, which is appropriate for no-diggers!
The names vary internationally, some of the names for the full moons can be found here:
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/full-moon-names/
full moons signifies good luck for all Chinese...
I've just looked at the gardeners calender website as recommended above and it looks like I've made a bit of a boo boo. Seems that I've planted my carrots and parsnips on totally the wrong day, so rather than complain, I've decided to try an experiment and plant more of the same on a day that is appropriate, it will be interesting to see which do better. Growing by the moon seems quite a fascinating subject, unfortunately I don't think that I'm organised enough to do it properly. However, if this experiment proves to be worthwhile then I'm quite prepared to give it a go. I'll report back later.