Who knows?we plant by seasons and weather conditions,just think how exciting to be gardening at night by the moon.you would have bats and owls and all night things and your neighbours would love it when you started the mower up.
Well, I have to say, I was really happy to see this post up I have been a practising white (Well, more green) witch for 18 years and have heard it works. I have seen a number of articles on the topic and am now working out how I can use it in my craftwork. You can sow certain seeds at the different sabbats to encourage a number of things. I love the idea and will be trying this after researching it an planning ahead. May be next years project as this year I have been too impatient lol.
I have thought about doing this before but thought it was quite regimented. Not always convenient to plant things when supposed to. Weather and other commitments . Would be interesting to hear from someone who has done the normal gardening and then followed this option.
Im recording everything this year and have a book of shadows just for the garden. They did an experiment with sweet peas on a programme some years ago and it was a huge success. The sweet peas that were planted by the moon was a third stronger and it had almost 3x the amount of flowers.
I used moon cycles for sowing all my seeds a few years ago and had excellent germination results. I then tried using the moon cycles to determine what I did in the garden on a given day and again had good results. I didn't keep records but I did generally find my time was more productive if only because having set out to weed or prick out, or lift and divide, prune and so on, that was what I did without being distracted by other jobs.
Last year I had to have surgery for a slipped disc and that severely limited my time in the garden. This year it's surgery for new feet so my garden is now a weedy, overgrown mess. When I do get back out there I'll be following the lunar cycle so I concentrate my energies on doing one job well at a time and I won't be staring at the rest and feeling overwhelmed.
Thanks for the link Obelixx, I have had a wee read but bookmarked it on the computer as this will come in handy. Im sorry to hear of your injury and hope you get back on your feet soon.
Thanks Sam. Just need some patience. Have fun with the link. I tend to use the biodynamic version as it splits activities into leaves, flowers, fuits and roots which I find easy to stick to.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Actually, lunar cycles do affect quite a few people's behaviour, hence the word "lunatic" to describe people with what used to be preceived as madness. Ask any midwife about when women's waters are most likely to break and the answer will be during a full moon.
Let the doubters doubt. Let those who believe believe and let those who just need a bit of help organising their time follow the calendar as they wish but let's be clear. This is not gardening by moonlight. This is gardening according to the cycle of the moon as it orbits the earth each month.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Who knows?we plant by seasons and weather conditions,just think how exciting to be gardening at night by the moon.you would have bats and owls and all night things and your neighbours would love it when you started the mower up.
Well, I have to say, I was really happy to see this post up
I have been a practising white (Well, more green) witch for 18 years and have heard it works. I have seen a number of articles on the topic and am now working out how I can use it in my craftwork. You can sow certain seeds at the different sabbats to encourage a number of things. I love the idea and will be trying this after researching it an planning ahead. May be next years project as this year I have been too impatient lol.
Im recording everything this year and have a book of shadows just for the garden. They did an experiment with sweet peas on a programme some years ago and it was a huge success. The sweet peas that were planted by the moon was a third stronger and it had almost 3x the amount of flowers.
I used moon cycles for sowing all my seeds a few years ago and had excellent germination results. I then tried using the moon cycles to determine what I did in the garden on a given day and again had good results. I didn't keep records but I did generally find my time was more productive if only because having set out to weed or prick out, or lift and divide, prune and so on, that was what I did without being distracted by other jobs.
Last year I had to have surgery for a slipped disc and that severely limited my time in the garden. This year it's surgery for new feet so my garden is now a weedy, overgrown mess. When I do get back out there I'll be following the lunar cycle so I concentrate my energies on doing one job well at a time and I won't be staring at the rest and feeling overwhelmed.
There's an easy calendar guide here - http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/Moon_Planting.asp
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Thanks for the link Obelixx, I have had a wee read but bookmarked it on the computer as this will come in handy. Im sorry to hear of your injury and hope you get back on your feet soon.
Thanks Sam. Just need some patience. Have fun with the link. I tend to use the biodynamic version as it splits activities into leaves, flowers, fuits and roots which I find easy to stick to.
Actually, lunar cycles do affect quite a few people's behaviour, hence the word "lunatic" to describe people with what used to be preceived as madness. Ask any midwife about when women's waters are most likely to break and the answer will be during a full moon.
Let the doubters doubt. Let those who believe believe and let those who just need a bit of help organising their time follow the calendar as they wish but let's be clear. This is not gardening by moonlight. This is gardening according to the cycle of the moon as it orbits the earth each month.