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Planting with the moon - root day

The cycles of the moon have influenced gardeners from diverse cultures over many centuries.

While science may not fully understand why planting by the moon works, anecdotal evidence suggests that it does.

We use gardening and planning by the moon written by Nick Kollerstrom, to help us in this.

He explains it with the rhythm of the tides - Imagine that the water table in your garden responding in the same way as the tide.

By planting your seeds in anticipation of raising water - gives you good hydration that gets the seed off to a good start.

Another explanation is that it is all about the ebb and flow of the sap in tune with the rhythms of the moon.

An example of this is that during full moon tides are higher and this is the time that the sap is drawn up and therefore a suitable time for sowing and transplanting flowering annuals, biennials.

We use Nick Kollerstroms book as it gives an easy to follow calendar what do to when.

Today was a root day - so I have made a video about the roots crops I planed today.