Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Hanneke Nov 2022 6:06pm, 28 Nov 2022 95,906 posts	0 Hanneke So, I proved myself wrong and have been gardening by the moon ever since
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Nov 2022 6:43pm, 28 Nov 2022 19,777 posts	0 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) I'm intrigued, Hann. Do you have a plan of moon phases against types of planting?
Garfield Nov 2022 7:26pm, 28 Nov 2022 16,988 posts	0 Garfield Sounds interesting Hann.
Hanneke Nov 2022 8:09pm, 28 Nov 2022 95,915 posts	0 Hanneke I do Marky! And to make it easy, I just buy a booklet each year as I cannot be bothered to look into these things myself. So it gives the date, esoteric symbols and it says root day until midday for example, the say fruit in the afternoon. So harvesting fruit for keeping for example, on a fruit day, stores much better.
Columba Nov 2022 6:07pm, 29 Nov 2022 22,034 posts	0 Columba I must look into that, Hanneke. The only superstition-surprise I remember encountering was when I read that if you sow parsley seed on Good Friday it will germinate much quicker than it normally does. The reason? Parsley seed goes "nine times to the devil and back" before it germinates, which is why it (normally) takes so long. On Good Friday the devil has no power, so the parsley is not held back and can germinate promptly. I tried it. It worked!
Rosehip Nov 2022 7:42pm, 29 Nov 2022 27,310 posts	0 Rosehip Nana used to tell me that Columba, but I’ve never tried it. I grew some from a supermarket potand it self seeds everywhere
Hanneke Nov 2022 8:16pm, 29 Nov 2022 95,972 posts	0 Hanneke Oh interesting Columba! I have a seriously hard time germinating parsley! Guess what I will do on Good Friday 2023 😎
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Nov 2022 10:26pm, 29 Nov 2022 19,798 posts	0 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) I've also got a pot of supermarket parsley flourishing in the garden! Although I did repot it into a much larger terracotta pot. And I think I might put some fleece or something as round it to see through the winter.
Dvorak Dec 2022 1:28pm, 3 Dec 2022 26,254 posts	0 Dvorak Currently still have rudbeckia, begonias and geraniums flowering in the garden. Plus the odd bit of antirrhinum, fuchsia and campanula. (Forecast sub-zero this week coming - I suspect this will do for the begonias.)
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 1:46pm, 3 Dec 2022 35,557 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Indeed. Antirrhinum out. Sage. Roses. Anemone (still). Cosmos. Frost here too. About time.