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03-03-2007, 09:05 PM
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 According to Radio Solent (local radio down here) it starts at 21.30
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03-03-2007, 10:55 PM
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| I've just been gawping out the window at the lunar eclipse, and it is amazing!
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03-03-2007, 11:09 PM
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| LOL! just been out to look at the eclipse....and the OH looks at me after hearing a noise and says 'was that your stomach?'.....huh! it sounds just like Paul Mac's Frog Choir, there appears to be canoodling going on in next doors pond!  Not sure which was more fun, the eclipse or the frogs.
__________________ Manda. "Wouldn't it be nice For maybe an hour To not have a care." |
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04-03-2007, 12:01 AM
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| I can't believe it....it's not raining !! nor cloudy... The eclipse is fantastic.....sorry...got to go now I've warmed up a tad!!!!  Last edited by Nicos; 04-03-2007 at 12:01 AM. |
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04-03-2007, 10:30 AM
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| I always use this site, shows you stright away what you can and cannot sow http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/ PS sorry If someone has posted this link already, not read all the posts..... |
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04-03-2007, 06:34 PM
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| What a brill site Biscombe.I've just wrote the web site down so I can use at a later date.Lunar eclipes was great.The frogs in our pond were definatley enjoying it too....and the lunar eclipes!!!!! |
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04-03-2007, 09:37 PM
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| ahh lyndap jonty greentoes reckons its common knowledge that 'Frogs do sing and spawn at the full moon'. I was mightily impressed.
__________________ Manda. "Wouldn't it be nice For maybe an hour To not have a care." |
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04-03-2007, 09:55 PM
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| Your telling me!The pond is absolutley full of spawn.My sons getting fed up of being kept awake at night by all their racket and the absolutley nonestop rain we've had all day hasn't cooled them down at all! |
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07-03-2007, 06:29 PM
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What a total con!  On the sample page on the website it shows a section of the calendar with notes on what to plant eg. Mon 29 Flower period - sow sweet peas, graft roses, harvest lavender - root period ends midnight I assumed that the calendar then would be full of these planting reminders and tips - nothing of the sort. It's simply a colour coded calendar to indicate what phase of the moon is occurring when. I am really disappointed with it - it's not even as though you can write your own notes on it, the spacing is tiny. So it cost me £9.95 for a single A2 sheet calendar with info I could download for free from many other sites re: lunar planting. Don't bother if you were thinking of buying it. Stick to the books others have recommended. SuzieP |
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10-03-2007, 02:23 PM
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I'm going to plant spuds on the next full moon (31st March) and some 2 weeks later and see if there is a difference in productivity/growth/health etc. Are you planting then. Maybe a few of us could coordinate our own trial? BTW you can always get the latest phase of the moon on my blog (see below) and you can get the HTTP code to have it on your own. Let me know if you need advice. 
__________________ it's written in the wind that we're two, carved out in the sand that we're real, it's lit up in the stars that we're true, we're destined in the sky to be glad  Paul Weller http://johntygreentoes.blogspot.com/ Last edited by johnty greentoes; 10-03-2007 at 02:25 PM. |
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10-03-2007, 08:57 PM
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| According to my French moon gardening diary the days for planting tatties are from the 1st to the 4th April. All root days and the moon is in Virgo. At least that is when I will be planting them.
__________________ Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet |
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10-03-2007, 09:46 PM
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__________________ it's written in the wind that we're two, carved out in the sand that we're real, it's lit up in the stars that we're true, we're destined in the sky to be glad Paul Weller http://johntygreentoes.blogspot.com/ |
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11-03-2007, 02:56 PM
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| This is such a great site. Thnk you for posting it Biscombe, I dont think it is posted anywhere else. I have linked it to my home page, thanks again could be very helpful, I will definatly be giving it a go.
__________________ Denise xox Learn from the mistakes of others because you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself. -- Alfred E. Neumann http://irchesterplot.blogspot.com |
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11-03-2007, 10:12 PM
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__________________ it's written in the wind that we're two, carved out in the sand that we're real, it's lit up in the stars that we're true, we're destined in the sky to be glad Paul Weller http://johntygreentoes.blogspot.com/ |
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17-03-2007, 03:37 PM
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| Maybe a silly question but if I dont ask I wont get to know - I have began to plant by the moon, my question is does this appy to seeds set indoors or only when they are planted out?
__________________ Denise xox Learn from the mistakes of others because you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself. -- Alfred E. Neumann http://irchesterplot.blogspot.com |
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17-03-2007, 05:55 PM
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| Excellent News Thank You LJ. This means I can carry on sowing seed, while watching the snow fall outside and then be all ready to plant up once soil is warm again etc. I'd better get busy.
__________________ Denise xox Learn from the mistakes of others because you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself. -- Alfred E. Neumann http://irchesterplot.blogspot.com |
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17-03-2007, 06:08 PM
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| I agree it applies to the ground, but choose to interpret it differently, and set my indoor seeds in trays according to the moon too. I justify it by thinking that once the seed leaves the packet, snuggles down and gets water, the pull starts. Don't know if I'm right, but the leeks I set last leaf day all germinated within about 48 hours! (However, the parsnips I started in watered paper on a root day haven't done squat yet!) Maybe i should have put them in some compost 
__________________ Regards, Jane What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? The creative adult is the child who has survived. Ursula LeGuin http://www.etribes.com/madderbat |
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01-04-2007, 05:37 PM
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| The moon is full at exactly 6pm today - ideal time to plant/sow.
__________________ it's written in the wind that we're two, carved out in the sand that we're real, it's lit up in the stars that we're true, we're destined in the sky to be glad Paul Weller http://johntygreentoes.blogspot.com/ |
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31-07-2007, 03:07 PM
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| Hi all, I've just joined the forum and noticed this thread on lunar planting / moon gardening. I'm in the process of signing up for an allotment and have every intention of gardening by the moon's phases. I noticed there hasn't been a post on here since April and was wondering how you were all getting on - have you had much success based on a comparison before you started lunar planting?
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31-07-2007, 08:14 PM
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| Hi Jobi I hadn't read a moon post for ages, but have carried on regardless. I find if i sow by the moon or not, seedlings show on their moon day. The seedlings that i planted by the moon earlier in the year are significantly better than non-moon crops, however all crops are rubbish by comparison to last year's bumper harvest! This year i ended up planting anything out on days when it wasn't raining, regardless of which moon day it was in the pure hope of progress, but it hasn't worked. I have also signed up for a lottie, and next year i am going to have moon beds and non-moon beds, just to really see the difference. i am going to choose 2 of each type of crop [roots, fruits, leaf and flower], with enough seeds planted to really see what the difference is. i can then document and weigh just the stuff from those beds and see what happens. Incidentally, it is a coincidence that nobody seems to have posted on this since the weather went weird - first in April we had a drought and then the monsoons? |
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14-08-2007, 01:15 AM
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| No clothes are essential. You must also paint blue spirals all over your body and wear radish leaves in your hair. All planting must be made to the chant of Woooga…booga…hepati…hoperty. While standing on one leg. |
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15-08-2007, 05:59 PM
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| Hehe - I guess if you want to go 'skyclad' (naked) then feel free but please bear in mind that you might get arrested if you're in full view of the public!
__________________ Regards, Jobi1 |