🌙 Planting by the Moon's Phases

Discover the Best Planting Days in The Old Farmer's Almanac 2024 Edition! Having trouble viewing this email? [View this email on the web.]( [OFA Banner]( [Planting by the Moon's Phases According to this age-old practice, cycles of the Moon affect plant growth. Join The Old Farmer’s Almanac and watch your flora flourish.]( [Hero]( Dear Almanac Reader, Call us old-fashioned, but all of these newfangled ways of figuring out when to plant your corn or your kale or your cucumbers seem to be making old wisdom sound like a new thing. We love a good app as much as the next person, but planting by the phases of the Moon isn’t anything new. Gardeners and farmers have been doing it for ages. Best of all, it’s a fairly simple process. Plant your annual flowers and vegetables that bear crops above ground during the light, or waxing of the Moon … from the day the Moon is new to the day it is full. Plant flowering bulbs, biennial and perennial flowers, and vegetables that bear crops below ground during the dark, or waning, of the Moon … from the day after it is full to the day before it is new again. For more specific dates, there is a Planting Table in the The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2024 Edition that gives you the best planting days based on the Moon’s phases and your location. Going back to the kale, for instance, if you live in Area 1 (the southern U.S.), you can plant kale between February 11 and March 20. If you live in Area 3 (southern Canada and most of the northern U.S. except for the western half of Washington and Oregon), you can plant kale from May 15–31, but your most favorable days are May 15–16 and May 15-23. Shipping Now! Celebrate your Love of Gardening with The Old Farmer's Almanac Gardening Club! [OFIE Image]( Save 31% with your Gardening Club Charter Membership! [Claim your Old Farmer’s Almanac Gardening Club Charter Membership!]( [Yes, place my order!]( Beware of Frosty Of course, any planting needs to take frost into consideration. There may be considerable variations in the last spring frost depending on local weather and topography, but the normal last spring frost dates for locations across the country are listed in the “Gardening” section of The Old Farmer’s Almanac. In New Orleans, that’s as early as February 8, giving residents a 311-day growing season in 2024. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the last spring frost usually arrives around May 4, while in Casper, Wyoming, the date is June 1. [Old Farmer’s Almanac Calendar Club Charter Membership!]( How to Rotate Crops No matter where your garden grows, crop rotation is an important part of keeping your soil and plants healthy. Crop rotation is the practice of planting annual vegetables with their botanical families. Each vegetable family rotates together. The benefits of rotating your crops include fewer pests and soilborne diseases, improved soil nutrition, and better soil structure. Of course, you could try to skip crop rotation, but eventually your plants will fail to thrive and your harvest will decrease. So, which crops go together? Plants in the same family are genetically related and thus share similar characteristics, such as leaf appearance or tendrils for climbing. The nightshade family, for example, includes eggplants, tomatoes, and potatoes. The gourd family includes watermelons, cucumbers, and squash. And you can plant dill, celery, carrots, and parsnips together, too. If you want to learn more about how the Moon influences agriculture here on Earth, plus a harvest of much more useful information, wit, and wisdom, you can get it all with an Old Farmer’s Almanac Gardening Club Membership! 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