And it begins...

Okay folks….as I stated yesterday…I am going to be doing a gardening by the moon (lunar phases) series, (if we want to call it that) this spring / summer. Anyway, as I stated yesterday, I am getting raspberries to plant either late today or tomorrow (least that is the plan) for this is the best time for raspberries. As a bit of info canes (raspberries, blackberries, and gooseberries) do very well when planted in the 2nd quarter under the moon signs of Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces…
Okay, so when the lady called me to get the berries…(woot woot)…this falls under a great time to plant them in my own garden. I can get them today, and either plant them late today when the moon goes into the 2nd…or tomorrow (Saturday)
Sweet, couldn’t have been happier with the situation. Well…welcome to headaches that are associated with gardening by the moon. This morning, it is 34 degrees F, rainy, cold, miserable and perfect…”I don’t want to be outside in this shit because I am going to get sick” weather.
Like I said, welcome to the headaches. Due to scheduling conflicts with the woman’s job, both of our families and such…this was the only day we were able to dig up the raspberries for transplant into my yard in one shot and the only couple days this month that will be favorable for the berries to be transplanted. The next prime time to plant canes isn’t until the 5th of May…and it is a small window on the 5th of May…see my plight? Gardening by the moon requires a bit more planning and work than some realize. Now, I could get these plants next weekend…or the weekend after, but I don’t feel they will do as well as they would if I got them this weekend and had them planted by late tomorrow afternoon….see how this becomes difficult?
Now, also let me make this perfectly clear…it really doesn’t matter when we dig them up…it is when they are “planted” that is what we are concerned with. The woman and I could very well dig them up say Sunday this weekend…with the moon sitting in Leo…that won’t make a difference, but these poor plants will then be sitting in pots until May when the lunar phases align correctly to be planted in my ground, and that is what I meant in the above paragraph where I said I feel they wouldn’t do as well….because they would be sitting out in pots for that long.
So here I sit, waiting to see if the woman even wants to attempt to dig them out today or not. If she still wants to, I will go over and, yeah, probably get a cold, but get them out of her garden. Otherwise….well….as you read above….going to have to go about it a bit differently.
Have a great day all…and I will keep you updated on what happens with this.
If you have any questions in regards to planting by the lunar phases, and want answers to planting questions before I get into any of the main vegetable planting (which won’t be until the end of May for my location) feel free to shoot me a question in my inbox…I will get an answer for you!