equinox

[bigpaul]

Observe the phases of the moon, from NEW moon until FULL moon is 28 days or thereabouts. OH says old gardeners never planted anything until it was warm enough to put their bare arses on the ground and feel the warmth in the soil......you wouldn't plant anything until the last frosts have been and gone..in other words! harvest isnt so much about time of year as it is that whatever you have planted is READY to be harvested as in has reached full growth.

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Country people have NEVER planted by the calendar, but they do it when the conditions are right, so that they get the best yield/results.

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it also makes me laugh when people say "after TSHTF what are we going to do without watches and clocks ??" to which my answer is the same, you get up when it gets light, you do whatever chores you have to do...dosent matter how long it takes, its not like you'll be clocking-in or filling in time sheets, you'll eat when you get hungry, and go to bed when you get tired, Spring is when it gets warmer, summer (hopefully) is when it gets hot, autumn is when it cools down and Winter is when it gets bloody cold!