(violets of spring)
planting potatoes on Good Friday
Many farmers plant their
gardens on the first full moon after equinox, no matter what the weather might
be. Superstition.
Grandpa Hall planted
potatoes three days before Easter, that is, on Good Friday. Superstition?
Easter came from the Pagan Ostara, (another
Christian infiltration). Easter is celebrated the first Sunday after the Full
Moon on or following March 21, which is the first day of Spring or (generally)
the Vernal Equinox. Grandpa Hall’s method had to do with moon phase planting.
He planted in the 3rd quarter, the dark of the moon, on the other
side of full, as the moon was waning. This is a great time for root crops. The
moon is always in that moon phase during that time. He didn’t pay attention to
the sign the moon was in for that particular planting, but always, ALWAYS
planted his potatoes at that time, even if he had to remove a foot of snow from
his garden in order to do so.
Those old timers took their
superstitions seriously. And had great potato crops to show for it.
If you want a good potato
harvest, plant during 3rd quarter moon, on the waning side of full,
but plant in a fertile sign (any water sign, any earth sign except Virgo, or in
the air sign, Libra).
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