The New Moon at 1:55pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on Sunday 6 April sees the start of the lunar planting cycle for this month.
Leafy annuals (eg, broccoli, spinach, cabbages) can be sown and seedlings can be transplanted from 11:21am Monday 7 April to 11:27am Wednesday 9 April and from 12:45pm Friday 11 April to 4:33pm Saturday 12 April.
The First Quarter will occur at 4:33am Sunday 13 April.
Fruiting annuals (eg, beans, peas, corn) can be sown and seedlings can be transplanted between 8:10am Friday 18 April and 8:25am Sun 20 April.
The Full Moon will occur at 8:25pm on Sunday 20 April, so remember to put your crystals out overnight to recharge.
Root crops (eg, carrots, beets, potatoes, turnips) can be sown between 8:25am Monday 21 April and 7:08am Wednesday 23 April and from 7:48pm Friday 25 April to 7:27am Monday 28 April.
The Last Quarter wil be at 0:15am Tuesday 29 April and the New Moon will occur at 10:19pm Monday 5 May. Between these times, weed your garden and make compost.
Happy gardening!
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naturewitch
Thanks for the moon details, I have my seed potatoes chitting at the moment so in a couple of weeks they will be ready to go in at the right time.
ReplyDeletei'm so glad to have found your wonderful blog (via the growing challenge)
ReplyDeletei plant my seeds at new moon, but haven't yet gone further into lunar gardening.. very interested to read this post!
i'm all about the knitting and the growing of veg and herbs .. we have much in common :-)
Hi Hedgewitch
ReplyDeleteHave had a quick look at your blogs - fantastic! So great we of similar mind are all getting together in this way.
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