Well, I've been lax in posting my latest garden and food preparations for the Independence Days Challenge . I've never been a good garden journalist. Gardening is one thing I prefer to just do, and unlike most other things in my life I don't prefer to read about it more than actually doing it. (I could not say the same for knitting or cooking, both of which skills come with loads and loads of enticing books on the subject and many times I prefer to read them rather than get to actually doing the task.) But here goes on the last week to two weeks of gardening, storing, preserving, etc. 1. Planted: I was waiting for the new moon today to plant most of my above-ground plants. I am trying to follow the cosmic plan of planting above ground plants when the moon is waxing (starting today) and below-ground plants when the moon is waning. I am following the old standard, The Farmer's Almanac , for my time schedule, as well as of course just observing the moon patterns. With that...
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