PLANTING BY THE MOON

a natural guide to a great garden

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Planting by the moon phases is an ancient science that really works! Google the subject for full details....definitely worth your time to research.  I have found that if I follow this s

chedule, my gardens flourish! Try it, and let me know what you think.  I get my information from the Farmers Almanac,  Garden Blessings!....may your efforts excell....and taste delicious! 

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January 2021

• 1st – 4th

  A barren time. Best for killing weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests. Clear wood lots and fencerows.

• 5th – 6th

  A favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for planting root crops.

• 7th – 8th

  Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Plant carrots, turnips, onions, beets, Irish potatoes, other root crops in the South. Also good for leafy vegetables.

• 9th – 10th

  Do no planting.

• 11th – 12th

  Good planting days for root crops where climate permits.

• 13th – 14th

  A good time to kill plant pests or do plowing. Poor for planting.

• 15th – 17th

  Extra good for peppers, tomatoes, peas and other vine crops. Fine for planting any aboveground crop where the climate permits.

• 18th – 19th

  Barren days, do no planting.

• 20th – 22nd

  Fine for planting beans, peppers, cucumbers, melons, and other aboveground crops where climate is suitable.

• 23rd – 24th

  Poor days for planting, seeds tend to rot in ground.

• 25th – 26th

  Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Best planting days for aboveground crops, especially peas, beans, cucumbers, and squash where climate is suitable.

• 27th – 31st

  A barren time. Best for killing weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests. Clear wood lots and fencerows.

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January 28th   Full Wolf Moon

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