PLANTING BY THE MOON

a natural guide to a great garden

​

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 schedule, my gardens flourish!

Try it, and let me know what you think. 

I get my information from the Farmers Almanac,  they have always been a valuable resource to me!

check them out  https://www.farmersalmanac.com/

Garden Blessings!....may your efforts excell....and taste delicious! 

​

April 2021

​

• 1st – 2nd

  Neither plant nor sow on these barren days.

• 3rd – 4th

  Favorable days for planting beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, onions, and other root crops.

• 5th – 6th

  Excellent time to kill weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests.

• 7th – 9th

  Set strawberry plants. Excellent for any vine crops, such as beans, peas, and cucumbers. Good days for transplanting. Favorable days for planting root crops.

• 10th – 11th

  Poor planting days. Break ground or cultivate.

• 12th – 14th

  Favorable for planting beans, corn, cotton, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops.

• 15th – 16th

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

• 17th – 19th

  Plant seedbeds and start flower gardens. Plant tomatoes, beans, peppers, corn, cotton, and other aboveground crops on these most fruitful days.

• 20th – 23rd

  Grub out weeds, briars, and other plant pests.

• 24th – 25th

  A favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant flowers. Plant corn, melons, squash, tomatoes, and other aboveground crops.

• 26th – 27th

  Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops. Also good for leafy vegetables.

• 28th – 29th

  Neither plant nor sow on these barren days.

• 30th – 30th

  Favorable day for planting beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, onions, and other root crops.

​

April 26th     Full Pink Moon

​

​

​

​