Gardening planting dates.:

to March 10 - plant below-ground crops

March 10th - 25th  above ground crops

rest of the month- below ground again

Source : Countryside and  Small Stock Journal, March/April 2005

  These dates are based on the position of the moon.  Above ground vegetables and flowers as the moon is waxing and root crops between full and new moon.  One of my grandmothers always relied on the position of the moon for planting her large successful gardens.

Genesis 1 : 14.  And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to seperate the day from the night and let them serve as signs to mark the seasons and days and years." 

  My other grandmother was a proponet of companion planting; that plants should be next to the other types of plants that they grow best near, in the garden.  I try to always plant marigolds around my tomatoes because they protect the tomato plants by repelling  pests.    

Both women grew their gardens in an era when folks relied on their gardens to help feed their families, They had bigger gardens than mine and did a lot of canning.  They counted on being able to grow amounts that would help feed their families throughout the year. 

  I did more canning this past summer than I had done previously, and enjoyed both the canning and the having fruits and vegetables to serve.  Just this week we came to the end of the greenbeans.  I want to can more this summer than I did last summer.

 the Frugal Mama