Gardening by the moon....

I decided that this year as I garden, I am going to let you follow me on my adventures with gardening by the moon. This is not a new concept…there has been actual scientific research dedicated to planting with the lunar cycles.
I only started my research a few years ago. I wanted to see if there was something to it. I have had a moon almanac for a few years…and there is a huge section, actually much of the front of the almanac is dedicated to gardening by the moon. It goes through each and every day, giving detailed moon times….specifically for gardening.
Now, I didn’t pay much attention to that section the first year I got a moon sign book….and only half way through my second book / year did I even care to look at it. I thought the concept was way out there, and really quite full of bologna!
Then I decided about my third year with the book, I was going to do my own scientific trial on the gardening with the moon. I made sure all the variables were the same….soil composition, watering, sunlight exposure….I went down the list…(after all…I do know some things about scientific observation and research). The only thing I did different, was plant one set of seeds when the almanac said was a favorable time, and another set of the same seeds when the lunar time was not as favorable. Guess what….low and behold, the seeds planted in the favorable lunar phase were bigger, stronger and yielded more produce…and I didn’t just do this with one variety of plant, I did this with a hand full of species of plant….to get an accurate (at least somewhat) result. The result was the same…with each one of the varieties of the seeds sown.
I also did studies on when the moon book said to kill weeds….I did the same kind of scientific study as above…used a sectioned off piece of weed infested area….did one day of destroying when the phase was favorable, and one when it was not….guess what…same thing happened. When the moon book stated that the phase was favorable for destroying weeds….I had less weeds grow back compared to the section right next to it where I did not follow the lunar phase….
So here we are into another year of gardening coming up….and without a doubt, I am planting in accordance with the lunar phases… In fact, starting Saturday….I have raspberry plants going in….and Saturday is a good day…for canes (which is what a raspberry is) since according to the phases….2nd quarter moon, with the moon housed in Cancer is one of the good days to plant canes. I could do it tomorrow…but only after the moon goes into the 2nd phase, and that would put it at about 4pm my time before I could start planting them…
Mind you, there is a bit more planning when gardening by the moon….especially if you start your own tomatoes and pepper plants, and whatever else….that all has to fall into play as well….
So follow me this year, as I plant and do all my gardening…by the moon!