Planting by the phases of the moon

This is an interesting concept.  I'm aware of the moon phases already, and always know when the full moon is, but I've never considered, or even heard of, planting according to its phases.

The basic concept is that above ground crops do best when planted during the waxing moon, and root crops do best when planted during the waning moon.

For more specifics on this planting concept, visit the Our Garden Gang website.

Much of what will be grown in Wright Gardens this year has been started indoors.  However, for remaining direct sow crops, I will attempt to plant them according to the appropriate moon phase.  Next year, I may plant the entire garden this way to see how the seedlings and plant growth compares to previous years.

The New Moon was 2 days ago, which means that the moon is currently in its waxing phase.  I'm certainly going to do more reading on this subject and will likely have book suggestions in a future post.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made 

while learning to see things from the plant's point of view.

~H. Fred Dale

The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.

~Hanna Rion

On every stem, on every leaf... and at the root of everything that grew,

was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphids, or other expert,

whose business it was to devour that particular part.

~Oliver Wendell Holmes