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Randall
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Chanterelle
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posted March 17, 2022 12:17 PM
Excerpt from chapter 24 of The Foxfire Book (edited by Eliot Wigginton, published 1972.)The following rules were gathered both from interviews and wide reading. They do not represent a complete set, but they should serve to give the reader a good idea as to the nature of this system. We also included rules for butchering, cutting hair, killing weeds, pulling teeth, and others to give some grasp of the scope of the subject.
PLANTING— Planting is best done in the fruitful signs of Scorpio, Pisces, Taurus or Cancer (when the signs are in the loins, feet, neck, or breast).
Plow, till, and cultivate in Aries.
Never plant anything in one of the barren signs. They are good only for trimming, deadening, and destroying.
Always set plants out in a water or earth sign.
Graft just before the sap starts to flow, while the moon is in its first or second quarter, and while it is passing through a fruitful watery sign, or Capricorn. Never graft or plant on Sunday as this is a barren, hot day (the sun’s day).
Plant flowers in Libra which is an airy sign that also represents beauty. Plant them while the moon is in the first quarter unless you need the seeds, in which case use the period between the moon’s second quarter and full.
Corn planted in Leo will have a hard, round stalk and small ears.
Crops planted in Taurus and Cancer will stand drought.
Plant beans when the signs are in the arms.
Root flower cuttings, limbs, vines, and set out flower bushes and trees in December and January when the signs are in the knees and feet.
Never transplant in the heart or head as both these signs are “Death Signs.”
If you want a large vine and stalk with little fruit, plant in Virgo— “bloom days.”
Don’t plant potatoes in the feet. If you do, they will develop little nubs like toes all over the main potato. The best time is a dark night in March.
Plant all things which yield above the ground during the increase or growing of the moon, and all things that yield below the ground (root crops) when the moon is decreasing or darkening.
Never plant on the first day of the new moon, or on a day when the moon changes quarters.
In the fourth quarter turn sod, pull weeds, and destroy. REAPING AND HARVESTING— Pick fruit like apples and pears in the old of the moon (when it is decreasing or shrinking). This will cause the bruised spots and blemishes to dry up rather than rot. They will rot if the fruit is picked on the increase or rising of the moon, or on the new moon.
Harvest most crops when the moon is growing old. This will cause them to keep better and longer.
Dig root crops for seed in the third quarter of the moon. They will keep longer and are usually drier and better.
Gather root crops in the last quarter of the moon when the signs are in the knees or feet.
Can vegetables, cook preserves and jelly, and make pickles in the right sign during the last quarter of the moon. MISCELLANY— Cut timber in the old of the moon. It will dry better and not become worm-eaten.
Set fence posts in the old of the moon to prevent loosening.
The part of your body governed by a particular sign is more sensitive when the moon is in that sign. People with heart trouble, for example, will have more trouble in Leo’s sign, and lovers are more successful at this time. In Taurus (throat) an operation on this part of the body will be unsuccessful. Conversely, if tonsils are removed and teeth are pulled when the signs are in the knees or feet, there is less soreness, loss of blood, and danger of infection. You can easily figure others out for yourself.
Paint houses or cars in a dry sign like Leo or Aries.
Wean a child or animal when the moon is in a sign that does not rule the vital parts of the body (Capricorn, Pisces, Sagittarius).
Set eggs to hatch in a fruitful sign like Cancer. The chicks will mature faster and be better layers.
Quit habits on the second day that the moon is in Sagittarius, or on the new moon, or in Pisces.
If you cut your hair in Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius, or Pisces, it will grow stronger, thicker, and more beautiful.
Purge with pills in Pisces and with liquids in Sagittarius.
Bake and cook in Aries.
Hunt in Taurus.
Lay foundations in Capricorn.
Don’t nail shingles or boards on the growing side of the moon, or the ends will draw up and curl and go crooked.
Destroy weeds, kill trees, turn sod in the barren signs Gemini, Leo or Virgo (especially if the moon is in the last quarter).
Slaughter animals while the signs are in the knees or feet, and in the last quarter of the moon. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted April 14, 2022 11:53 AM
I’ve heard you’re supposed to plant corn when the leaves on the oak trees are the size of a squirrel’s ear, but the squirrels aren’t cooperating.IP: Logged |
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posted April 14, 2022 12:35 PM
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I’ve heard you’re supposed to plant corn when the leaves on the oak trees are the size of a squirrel’s ear, but the squirrels aren’t cooperating.
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Randall
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posted October 11, 2022 05:28 AM
Yesterday I pruned some low-hanging branches off a couple of witch hazel trees that were leaning way too far over the creek, and I noticed that a few of them are starting to bloom. This usually doesn’t happen until mid-November, when all the leaves have fallen.
Another odd little tidbit of folk wisdom: the fuzzy black-and-brown caterpillars colloquially known as “woolly worms” or “woolly bears” are supposed to be a sign of the winter to come: if you mostly see ones that are all black, or have a small brown band around the middle with lots of black at the ends, it’s supposed to indicate a long, cold winter. If you mostly see ones that are all brown or have a very wide brown band around the middle, that’s supposed to mean that the coming winter will be fairly short and mild. I’ve been seeing mostly brown ones so far.IP: Logged |
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posted December 28, 2022 07:25 AM
Still not a bud to be seen on the paperwhites, but the Christmas cactus actually bloomed right on Christmas Day. The bathtub was the only fully-functional faucet for a while— so grateful for above-freezing temperatures.IP: Logged |
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posted December 28, 2022 04:25 PM
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Still not a bud to be seen on the paperwhites, but the Christmas cactus actually bloomed right on Christmas Day. The bathtub was the only fully-functional faucet for a while— so grateful for above-freezing temperatures.
How does it know it's Christmas? IP: Logged |
Chanterelle
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posted December 30, 2022 05:25 PM
By the light, I guess. Or it was appropriately named. I don’t even know what the scientific nomenclature is, or what it means.IP: Logged |
Chanterelle
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posted January 01, 2023 10:01 AM
A hawk just landed in the tree right overhead… feels like a good omen for the new year.IP: Logged |
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posted January 01, 2023 03:24 PM
Astroseek has a gardening calendar http://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/gardening-moon-calendar-farmers-guide
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posted January 01, 2023 03:52 PM
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A hawk just landed in the tree right overhead… feels like a good omen for the new year.
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Randall
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posted January 01, 2023 03:53 PM
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Astroseek has a gardening calendar http://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/gardening-moon-calendar-farmers-guide
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