To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
Hello and howdy good friends and neighbors. If you stumbled upon this blog looking for moonshine instead of moon signs, my apologies—no snorts here, but we do have some hillbilly banjo music and other woodsy things to offer, fell free to stay.
Where was I? Oh yeah, sitting on my butt in my chair by the window dreaming of gardening, heirloom seeds and other nonsense. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m just plain old weird and old fashion (the kids have come to the same—and they’re okay with that. God bless ‘em). People used to say that my dad was born 100 years too late. That is sooo true and friends, I’m just a stone’s throw away from being just like him.
Being a cowboy, dad used to do things by the moon. He would cut the calves by the moon, wean the calves by the moon and try to persuade my mother to plant by the moon. Sphnicker sphnicker. Guys, if you have ever tried to persuade a woman to do anything without it being her idea, it’s futile. Most of the time dad wasn’t around for planting anyway…oh darn… and mom planted what she wanted, when she wanted. This would cause my dad to cuss under his breath (or above it) when things didn’t grow right—in his eyes anyway. In the end, we ate well on what we grew.
So does it matter? Prolly not. I’m just weird and want to plant by moon signs. So I researched the Foxfire books (really cool books that recorded interviews of pioneers on how they did things—anything from log cabin building to gardening to snake handling) and by golly those folks may not have had any teeth, but they planted by the signs and phases. Teeth are optional anyway, right?
Let’s see what the Granny Cabe says “Take taters; plant them on the dark of the moon or the old of the moon—that’s the last quarter. …don’t plant the flowers…And if you kill a hog on the growing of the moon, the meat’s all puffy…” Thank you, Granny.
And the “experts” further explain…
New moon (dark) plant above ground crops that produce seeds outside the fruit.
Waxing–first two quarters (increased light) annuals that produce above ground, but seeds form inside the fruit–tomatoes etc….
Waning–last two quarters (decreased light) plant root crops like beets, carrots, onions, potatoes blah blah—transplant perennials because of happy root growth.
Full moon=big fat round and light—time to rest or dig in the dirt and then rest.
This dude explains it well… http://www.gardeningbythemoon.com/phases.html and sells calendars. Will I buy one? No, I’m cheap, but if you feel froggy and rich hop in and get one. Or go here and get something similar for free http://www.almanac.com/.
One other thing… Do I believe in astrology, the study of the stars? Yes. Worship of the starts, tarot cards, horoscopes, fortune telling and other pure hogwash…NO. I believe Genesis 1:14 when it says: Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
Simply,
Sis
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