Gardening by the Moon and Zodiac

By Vanessa Richins

Gardeners have many ways to decide when they want to plant their vegetables.

An article I recently read from the Lawrence Journal-World talks about, “Gardening through the moon’s phases”.

Gardening by the moon is nothing new. “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” has printed specific dates for the different phrases of the moon for years. You can get the moon dates for your area on their website.

There are four phases of the moon – new moon, first quarter, full moon, and fourth quarter. These happen over the course of 28 days. The first two are called waxing and the last two are called waning.

“When the moon is waxing, you plant above-ground crops. In the first quarter, plant leafy vegetables such as lettuce and spinach, which have their seeds outside the plant. In the second quarter, plant vining crops that produce Read the rest of this entry »