There's a moon out tonight (whoa-oh-oh ooh)

Full moon, and Holy Week...almost time to plant your potatoes:

Tradition has it among those who regulate their planting according to "the signs," that crops growing under the ground should be planted during the period in which the moon is waning. A more specific tradition says that potatoes should be planted on Good Friday. A little thought discovers that the two traditions converge. Since Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, almost invariably Good Friday must fall early in the period of a waning moon. And the vernal equinox is about the earliest time in temperate latitudes anyone would think of planting potatoes.

John Festus Adams, The Epicurean Gardener (pub. info here).

Comments

[avril]

I love this post~a combination of old folklore (with roots firmly planted) and the endlessly fascinating subject of phenology, which I just truly discovered last spring. Thank you for your Mary Oliver comment. I am overwhelmed by her words. Will you be posting pics of your garden? I am anxious to see the results of your seed plantings.

[Chan S.]

...and I'm anxious to see the seedlings make it in the garden! :D Thanks for your comments...I do hope to be taking and posting photos as the season develops.