PLANTING BY THE MOON

a natural guide to a great garden

Planting by the Moon is such an easy way to have gardening success! When you plant on a good Moon day the Earth accepts your seeds or plants...and they thrive! 

Plant on a poor Moon Day and your plants grow poorly. 

Follow the guide below for a bountiful, beautiful garden!

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May 2022

• 1st – 1st

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

• 2nd – 3rd

  Any seed planted now will tend to rot.

• 4th – 6th

  Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant, and other aboveground crops.

• 7th – 11th

  A barren period. Favorable for killing plant pests, cultivating, or taking a short vacation.

• 12th – 13th

  Favorable time for sowing hay, fodder crops, and grains. Plant flowers. Excellent time for planting corn, beans, peppers, and other aboveground crops.

• 14th – 15th

  Plant seedbeds. Excellent for planting aboveground crops, and planting leafy vegetables.

• 16th – 17th

  Seeds planted now will do poorly and yield little.

• 18th – 19th

  Plant late beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, and other root crops.

• 20th – 21st

  Kill plant pests on these barren days.

• 22nd – 23rd

  Fine for vine crops. Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Favorable time for planting late root crops.

• 24th – 26th

  Fine for vine crops. Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Favorable time for planting late root crops.

• 27th – 28th

  Good days for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.

• 29th – 31st

  Any seed planted now will tend to rot. First day is a good harvest day.

May 16th  Full Flower Moon