Welcome to a new episode of planting by the moon! 

What does the moon have to do with my edible landscape?  Why should I care?  Is it really all that much better?  One of the principles of permaculture is “obtain a yield” and we will obtain a bigger yield, thereby enabling us to “return the surplus” much more.  For more on permaculture principles, click here.

The Phases of the Moon

The moon has four phases or quarters lasting about seven days each.The first two quarters are during the waxing or increasing light, between the new and the full moon. The third and fourth quarters are after the full moon when the light is waning, or decreasing.

Continue reading “Moon Planting in the Edible Landscape – April 30, 2018”

Welcome to a new episode of planting by the moon! 

What does the moon have to do with my edible landscape?  Why should I care?  Is it really all that much better?  One of the principles of permaculture is “obtain a yield” and we will obtain a bigger yield, thereby enabling us to “return the surplus” much more.  For more on permaculture principles, click here.

The Phases of the Moon

The moon has four phases or quarters lasting about seven days each.The first two quarters are during the waxing or increasing light, between the new and the full moon. The third and fourth quarters are after the full moon when the light is waning, or decreasing.

Continue reading “Moon Planting in the Edible Landscape – April 27, 2018”

Welcome to a new episode of planting by the moon! 

What does the moon have to do with my edible landscape?  Why should I care?  Is it really all that much better?  One of the principles of permaculture is “obtain a yield” and we will obtain a bigger yield, thereby enabling us to “return the surplus” much more.  For more on permaculture principles, click here.

The Phases of the Moon

The moon has four phases or quarters lasting about seven days each.The first two quarters are during the waxing or increasing light, between the new and the full moon. The third and fourth quarters are after the full moon when the light is waning, or decreasing.

Continue reading “Moon Planting in the Edible Landscape – April 16, 2018”

Welcome to a new episode of planting by the moon! 

What does the moon have to do with my edible landscape?  Why should I care?  Is it really all that much better?  One of the principles of permaculture is “obtain a yield” and we will obtain a bigger yield, thereby enabling us to “return the surplus” much more.  For more on permaculture principles, click here.

The Phases of the Moon

The moon has four phases or quarters lasting about seven days each.The first two quarters are during the waxing or increasing light, between the new and the full moon. The third and fourth quarters are after the full moon when the light is waning, or decreasing.

Continue reading “Moon Planting in the Edible Landscape – April 14, 2018”

Welcome to a new year of planting by the moon! 

I will be sending out alerts to those who would like info on gardening by the moon.*  What does the moon have to do with my edible landscape?  Why should I care?  Is it really all that much better?  One of the principles of permaculture is “obtain a yield” and we will obtain a bigger yield, thereby enabling us to “return the surplus” much more.  For more on permaculture principles, click here.

The Phases of the Moon

The moon has four phases or quarters lasting about seven days each. Continue reading “Moon Planting in the Edible Landscape – April 12, 2018”

Welcome to a New Season of Gardening By The Moon!

Today is Valentine’s Day, 2018 and what a better way to celebrate than to start the second season of Gardening by the Moon blog!  Today is, gratefully, a no planting day, which means we should do no gardening today!  Although, my mom always told me that Valentine’s day was the day to prune roses!  So, if you have roses, and time, feel free to prune them!

A recap of last year —

The Phases of the Moon

The moon has four phases or quarters lasting about seven days each. Continue reading “Gardening By The Moon – 2018”

Today is November 15, 2017 and it is our first expected frost date here in southeast Texas in USDA Zone 9a.  This will mark the end of the 2017 Gardening by the Moon series and we will start a new series next year.

With that being said, Continue reading “Gardening by the Moon – End of Year Wrap Up”

Today is another article in the Gardening by the Moon series and today we talk about root vegetables.  Today’s moon is the Waning Gibbous, the first phase after a Full Moon.  That means today is the day that we plant for Continue reading “Gardening by the Moon – November 8, 2017”

Welcome to a new series on the blog! 

I will be sending out alerts to those who would like info on gardening by the moon.*  What is gardening by the moon?  Why would I want to do that?

The Phases of the Moon

The moon has four phases or quarters lasting about seven days each. Continue reading “Gardening by the Moon – November 3, 2017”