Let's do some more gardening....

Good Morning all...

I know it has been some time since I did a piece on moon gardening, and well, to be honest...we had some crappy weather that hit, and quite frankly, once we planted our first set of indoor starters...there was nothing to do with them until later besides water them...and you don't need me reporting on when to water them.

As I looked at my calendar yesterday, I realized that is must be getting close to start our next round of indoor babies....and guess what....it is. In fact, tomorrow. The only seeds I have to start now (which I can sow directly outdoors, but want to see if I can start indoors) are acorn squash and zucchini squash.

Since both are squash varieties....we look in our handy, dandy moon phase book and see that squash do best when planted in the 2nd quarter, under the signs of Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces or Libra....so as we look in our little phases book...I see that from 10:04 pm tonight (EST or CDT whichever you prefer) the moon will be housed in Libra until 2:02 pm Friday the 4th. At which that point there will be a moon void from 2:02pm -10:20pm where then the Moon will enter Scorpio and be in the good time until 11:35pm on the 5th when the Moon goes full...and then we are in the 3rd.
So if that mumbo jumbo up there screwed you up, and you are confused....here is what is ideal planting times....(For my squash plants)

Wednesday, May 2 10:40pm - Friday, May 4th 2:02 pm = Libra - good time
Friday, May 4th 2:02pm - 10:20pm = Moon void - do nothing
Friday, May 4th 10:20pm - Saturday, May 5th 11:35pm = Scorpio - good time
Anything after 11:35pm (full moon) now in 3rd...different plants can be planted

Now, I realize some of you are not planting or starting squash....that is fine...other plants that can fit into this same time frame are as follows:

Asters, Beans (pole and bush), bulbs, canes (raspberries, blackberries), cantaloupe, chicory, clover, cosmos, daffodils, dahlias, any deciduous tree, eggplant, gladiolas, gourds, grapes, hay, herbs, hops, horseradish, kohlrabi, lilies, morning glories, oats, okra, onion seeds, peach trees, pear trees, peas, peppers, petunias, pumpkins, rice, sunflowers (in the Scorpio time), tomatoes, and watermelon

I also noted that herbs can be planted now as well...and for some reason, my chives did not come up starting them in the house, so I have decided I will also plant my chives again tomorrow...into the ground directly. Now, I know that it is getting later for some of these plants depending on where you are, and for some of you it is early.

With that all being said....let's do some gardening...Have a great day! I will update you tomorrow on how things go...after the planting! =)