Today we had a South Gippsland Permaculture Committee meeting and we discussed moon planting as an idea I wanted to try out. There were various opinions on it and I found myself thinking more about why I wanted to do it. It is a way of maintaining interest in the garden throughout the year as every 29 days the lunar cycle happens and there are different jobs to focus on. It may spread out the work over the available days instead of doing everything in a rush. It may be more suited to certain personality types: to the J personality rather than the P. It is a possible way of solving the problem that I have - that I have a burst of enthusiasm and then forget about it all. So that every year for the last 6 years I have neglected the garden in winter. I don't know if I will be able to maintain it, but right now I am looking forward to May when I will be planting the garlic, and June when I will be planting the fruit trees and July when I will be sowing beetroot and peas and lettuce and planting strawberry runners. The idea of moon planting will sharpen my observation in the garden to see what, if any, effect it has. And recording daily or nearly so in this blog will help that too.
For example today Pea gave me some kohl rabi seedlings. According to the moon planting wisdom as they are plants used mainly for the roots they should be transplanted in the full moon phase But I had to plant them today so I did and I will be observing them closely. I also fed them with mushroom compost, worm castings, worm juice and homemade compost. Here they are:
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