A Piopio friend, also named Karen, is a keen veggie gardener and operates according to the moon calendar. She wrote an article about it in the latest issue of "Bird Talk," Piopio's community newsletter. When I bumped into her recently she instructed me to hold off on planting my veggies until after the new moon on Oct. 27th. (Traditionally everyone in NZ plants their tomatoes Labour Weekend, which this year would have been the 22nd/23rd.)
New Zealand Gardener Magazine has a monthly column on gardening by the moon calendar as well. The current issue was consistent with Karen as to when to plant for October, so I've decided to test it out. The theory is that fertility rises when the moon is waxing and declines when it is waning. Certain indigenous cultures speak about women's fertility in a lunar context as well.
On Oct. 29th I dutifully planted my tomato seedlings, beans, kale, and more pumpkins.
Let the summer veggie garden grow, by the light of the fertile moon.
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