Gardening By The Moon Calendar Download Free
Letizia Aderson
Gardening by the moon has been practised through the ages. Through observation and experience, gardeners have learned that seeds and plants grow more quickly during some parts of the month than others.
The reason is the moon has a strong gravitational pull. Just as it controls the tides, so it controls the moisture in the soil and influences how quickly seeds germinate and plants grow.
The increase in moonlight influences how quickly and strongly seeds and plants grow.
The phases of the moon are divided into four quarters lasting approximately seven days each.
The four quarters are:
I have ordered mine every year since 2014 and I am thoroughly impressed with the quality of the booklet each time! They also discuss some burning issues that their readers enquired about, artwork, a few interesting articles about old school or nature-based agriculture and they include a handy poster of the calendar (good to stick up onto the fridge for sure!). I am quite convinced that seeds germinate quicker and transplanted plants take better when done by the moon. However, due to our worst drought years since 2014, some of the lunar gardening effects may have been over-ruled by the lack of rain and scorching temperatures! But I am not likely to stop planting by the moon .
When it comes down to it, we really need more data to determine whether gardening in harmony with the moon is a viable method for increasing the harvest and the quality of the crop. Time will tell as sophisticated research reveals more information about the plants we grow.
Whether you tend a garden to grow food or to beautify your outdoor spaces, working in the soil carries many benefits beyond fruit and flowers. Gardening can be hard work, but you can make it easier on yourself this season with the help of one of these gardening-centric smartphone apps:
The most productive vegetable gardens require careful planning and organization from the moment you sow the first seed. Like a personal gardening assistant, Garden Plan Pro features helpful tools for designing garden layout and plant placement, adapting to your location to provide information about when to sow and when to harvest. It will even send out email reminders from your to-do list twice a month.
With a database of over 20,000 plants, My Garden Answers provides instant plant identification with just the snap of a photo. Including detailed information on plant care, the database contains more than 200,000 answers to common gardening questions. Have a sickly looking plant? This app can also help identify a disease or pest infestation so you can take the proper next steps to cure what ails.
Gardening by the moon is an age-old technique whereby the phases of the moon determine specific gardening tasks. For example, during a full moon, gravitational forces cause moisture levels in the soil to rise while light levels after dark are still quite strong; the recommended garden tasks during this phase span planting root crops, perennials, biennials, bulbs, and transplanting since full moons are believed to bolster strong root growth. A great app for tracking all this is Moon and Garden, which provides a lunar calendar, complete with advice on the optimal garden tasks for each day.
If you tend to be on the forgetful side when it comes to gardening, Garden Manager will help you stay on top of each gardening task. You can create alarms to keep on schedule for watering, feeding, and pest-control for each plant cultivar according to its particular needs. Snap photos of each plant as it grows to track its progress, take notes, and marvel in the wonder of nurturing a living organism from seed to harvest.
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