We're in the waning phase, which is the time of release after the Full Moon. In the home and for our self, it's time to detox and eliminate. The skin and bones are the parts of the body associated with Capricorn, making this the right time for a good exfoliating or cleansing facial. Capricorn is … Continue reading Waning Moon in Capricorn
Here in Zone 8 the weather has started to cool a bit making it the best time to plant pansies. Plant too early, and the pansies have a hard time adapting. Here are the best days for October plantings during the waxing phase: 5-6 ~ The Moon in Libra makes it an auspicious time to … Continue reading Pansy Planting Time
How's your garden growing? Here in middle Georgia, it's very bizarre. We should be scalding hot with a need to water every single day. Most days in my area are in the mid-80's and I can't remember the last time I had to pull the hose out to water my garden. It has been so … Continue reading Gardening Calendar for August
Remember Dustin Hoffman with the clove oil in Marathon Man? Now there's a man with a tooth ache. My husband, Dave, has been having some tooth trouble recently. Trouble as in he shouts in pain when he puts food in his mouth. I mentioned to him that he might put some clove oil on it … Continue reading Oh, My Aching Tooth
My first abutilon entered my life last summer and I am madly, desperately in love with it. I've fallen head over heels for its sisters and cousins, too. There are about 150 different kinds and (I hope my husband isn't reading this) I want them all. My first one is like the orange one here, … Continue reading Abutilon ~ Flowering Maples
The Waxing Moon entered Cancer today at 12:17pm (EDT) and stays through the 12th at 12:58am. That gives us some of the most fertile planting days of the month. If you have an annual plant or two still in their nursery containers or some seeds you'd like to sow, find a little time to set … Continue reading Fertile, Fertile Days
I've had the sweetest little companion in my garden for the past few days ~ a little damselfly I've nicknamed Dotty for obvious reasons. She should be near our neighbor's pond, but she's been in an area I've kept very wet for the past week. The dampness is probably why she's taken up residence on … Continue reading New Friend in the Garden
I've come up with a rating system for planting days using Moons. Today and most of tomorrow (May 24th and 25th) are 3-Moon days. It doesn't get any better than that. The water signs ~ Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces ~ are the most fertile planting days of the lunar garden calendar. They're all 3-Moon days. … Continue reading Waxing Scorpio: 3-Moon Days
I bought one of the 25 foot pocket hoses and liked it so much I bought another one to extend the hose to 50 feet. Then I bought another one for a different faucet. I really loved not having to lug around and reel in a very heavy hose. I've just now been outside using … Continue reading Pocket Hose ~ Don’t Take a Soaking
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