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Index of Subjects My grandparents ( both the maternal- Puritan ones and the paternal Irish ones and Lunenburg German ones) planted by the moon. The plants growing up above the ground were best planted as the moon waxed in late May/early June, and the ones growing below the ground were best planted as the moon waned. Bartenders, schoolteachers, emergency room workers and the police know that the moon influences a lot of things, including human behavior. National Geographic News had an article on moon gardening July10th, 2003. This quote may be helpful: > > Harris gives the example that the best time to turn over a garden is > during the last quarter of the moon because that is when the water > table has dropped to its lowest point. "It means less moisture is > within the soil. It is far easier to turn soil over when there is less > moisture in it," he said. > > *Moon Boom* > > Seeking to preserve knowledge about moon-gardening techniques before > they were eclipsed entirely by modern gardening practices, Harris > wrote /RJ Harris' Moon Gardening/ with the help of journalist Will > Summers. > > But since the book's September 2002 publication, Harris said he > learned he need not have worried. > > Harris says he has heard from people in New Zealand, Austria, Germany, > and the United States who use the lunar cycle as a guide for their > gardening chores. And the Internet is sprouting with Web sites > dedicated to the practice. > > On her Web site Gardening by the Moon.com > (www.gardeningbythemoon.com), Caren Catterall writes, "Plants respond > to the same gravitational pull of tides that affect the oceans, which > alternately stimulates root and leaf growth. Seeds sprout more > quickly, plants grow vigorously and at an optimum rate, harvests are > larger and they don't go to seed as fast." > PS: Many questions asked on naturens can be answered by using great search engines like Google and YouTube. However, it is fun to share personal observations and experiences. Cheers, Joan David&Jane Schlosberg wrote: > One more thought about planting times: I feel that later plantings > tend to catch up with earlier ones, even if the earlier ones are not > harmed by extremely cold nights. For example, if I plant beans and > they come up when it's still cool, then I plant more 10 days later, I > get mature beans only 2-3 days earlier from the early planting. The > same seems true for peas. The early-planted ones will yield a bit > earlier, but the difference is very slight. > Jane > p.s. Is there a listserve or other web-based discussion group for > gardening that is specific to our climate? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1489 - Release Date: 6/7/2008 11:17 AM >
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