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An Inauspicious Node
The 20th April, 2010, is a no planting, no tending, out of the garden day. The lunar bible says so, and beware any gardener who set foot into their leafy oasis. I kid, well, not entirely for, as set out in Nick Kollerstrom’s Gardening and Planting by the Moon 2010: Higher Yields in Vegetables and Flowers
Mimi takes in my lack of work
Of course, I don’t take the lunar calendar all that seriously as, until March, I’d never read anything on the subject and it was but a tendril of an idea in my mind. Of course, on one level it makes entirely sound sense. Lunar movement affects tides, therefore acting on the water table and thus have a direct affect on plants and their growing. The higher the water table, the less watering needing to be done. Sowing seeds when the water table is high will, in theory, take a plants roots down as the water table drops resulting in better plants which never need watering, and which produce better yields. However, the idea that today, with a south node competing with Gemini air in a 1st quarter moon (I know….what?!) should render a gardener completely useless is a little too much for my scientific mind. You certainly will not find my bearing gifts and praying to the moon any time yet.
Whilst I may not be doing anything, Hosta’s bursts into life
That being said, Mary and I are trying to stick to the lunar cycle planting schedule in terms of planting and sowing seeds. Anything that negates the need to water is a positive step in my eyes, and every gardener could do with a better crop yield or bigger, blousier flowers. And so, though not staying out of the garden today, I certainly haven’t planted or tended any sun worshipping friends. With blue skies above, filled with the wisps of Iceland’s ash, and a gentle breeze in the air, the garden has been alive with movement. A medium swarm of Mason bee’s is now partying around the insect hotels, approximately 20 females so far who will happily pollinate my garden. The newly placed pond, with ample crevices around its base, has interested more than a few droning bumbles, their tiny wings whirring in a bid to keep their buxom bodies aloft. Birdsong certainly seems to have taken a precedent, now that the absent drone of aircraft has surprisingly quietened the skies, and a vivid pair of Great tits have been flitting back and forth all day.
Honesty brings a vivid purple to the chicken coop
The Marmalade Geum’s, now in situ, flower with gay abandon
My landscaping hands have set about finishing my low, flower bed bordering wall (building, not gardening to avoid bringing the moon’s wrath) and I’ve welcomed the warmth, watching plants grow, reading an early birthday present from my sister (The RHS Allotment Handbook: The Expert Guide for Every Fruit and Veg Grower) and berating myself for not labelling a host of ornamentals that are quickly bursting into life with me only having a vague recollection of what they may be.
Seeds burst into life, if only I could remember what they were!
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