I agree with you. I’m 52 and for the most part I have been very happy with my harvest. The biggest secret is to get off the couch and put seeds in the earth

My old neighbor had a great garden. Occasionally he'd come over to raid the manure pile for his garen. I asked him once if he planted by the moon and he said "The moon doesn't help my garden like sweat and horse S#!t does so I don't worry about it."

@katie7748

3 ай бұрын

LOL

The only sign that I go by is the yellow post it note that my wife puts on my "to do" list. And when she says till the garden I do it and when she says plant the veggies I plant. So far she is right ! Thanks Pa 😊

My opinion about your presentation is that you didn’t just study for a few days to present this information. This sounds like something that you’ve known for a long time and we’re able to communicate succinctly. I appreciate that.

Love how the Bible is full of agricultural images and references. Like so many today, I learned precious little growing up of how to garden, for example, but when I started doing it, I began to understand so much more what the Bible means by what it says .

The star signs are like the hour hand on a clock and the moon the minute hand,,, they work together. Another apology, the signs are our monthly calendar. Anything that keep you on a cycle works. DON'T go out in the garden on May day and "put out the garden" all in one day, stagger your planting, stagger the harvest.

I've never planted by any signs. I usually plant when I have the time to do it, and have for the most part had a good garden. The only time I've had a bad garden is when I planted too early, or too late. Usually too late.

Amen! Well said and well explained! Thank you for your videos and for sharing your knowledge!!! Most of all, thank you for being faithful and including God and Biblical truth in your videos!!!!!!

Very well said. And i agree with the moon phases. But miss them at times and God gives the increase. In tennessee we are having dogwood winter right now. Waiting for blackberry winter to put out my tomatoes etc...probably mid may. May the blessings of deut. 28 be upon you yours and your farm.

Really appreciate that you are keeping the old ways of living alive for the next generation to learn.

You are so fun. I love how you tiptoe through this topic. I had heard about moon phases but not signs. I quasi set by the moon. Here’s the thing, setting by the signs may be complicated given where you leave. It really doesn’t matter what signs is going on, if you are at 8000’ in the Rockies, and you try to plant when the stars say so, you might find that you don’t have a garden. Humans form patterns where things are observed to happen regularly so there is a kernel of truth in all mythology.

Last year I thought I'd try out the moon phases gardening and ... six weeks of drought (no germination) that I would have avoided had I used 'the regular methods'. This year I'm planning on multiple plantings to avoid 'betting the farm' on a single technique.

I plant, or whatever, when I have the time to do so. I am a biologist and if I tend to base gardening decisions on peer reviewed science when available. Right now, the best thing I can do for my garden is to add organic material and improve soil biology by adding biochar to my to my red clay soil.

@hermitholllerhomestead2080

4 ай бұрын

@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd How can we be buddies, we've never met??? Your comments are all over the place and I really do not know what message you are trying to convey. Enjoy your wood chips.

farmhandscompanion, Subscribed because your videos are so much fun!

Seems to me the weather has much more to do with when a good time to plant. Stars will never make my tomatoes survive a frost. Or help in anyway that I can fathom.

I've debated rather it's spiritual or something else. I'm still really undecided. Leaning on spiritual side somewhat. A flood took out 6 raised garden beds all 6 were 300g stock tanks. My open bottom raised beds were all planted but 2- 10 open beds

Hey Gary!! I found the topic of your video today quite interesting! And in fact just this morning daddy called me and said " the hickory is puttin' out so I think it's safe to plant the tomatoes" meaning the danger of frost is probably over. We don't plant by the signs but daddy does go by stuff like I just mentioned. As a loose guide. Have a good day Gary and I guess daddy and I will be planting all those tomatoes I've started in my greenhouse now! I have extra by the way! 😊

@farmhandscompanion

4 ай бұрын

Hey Lori, that whole thing of watchin' what's happening around you in nature and the order in which things happen each year is called "phenology"-which I use heavily in combination with the moon phases. (I'm planning on doing a whole 'nother show on phenology one of these days.)

Thanks Pa Mack, I really see what you are saying and have a little clearer understanding of the planting maybe? Sure enjoyed your explanation. Thanks for sharing with us. Fred.

I've heard a little bit about planting during certain moon phases, but I've never heard about planting by signs. Very interesting stuff Pa Mac! We all love you and everything you stand for

Great episode, I find your theological argument sound as well. Thanks for making these!

Actually, also the electromagnet fields have an affect, as the field flows through the earth... I think we're in for some interesting gardening times... the polar shift is speeding up and the sun phases (suspicious observers on yt) changing, etc. I appreciate your wisdom. I'll be saving this and taking notes.

@marker113

3 ай бұрын

Electroculture is a good reference

On a topic that could easily lead on to rabbit trails, you've done a very good job of avoiding the cobwebs. My wife and I plant on the full moon as did my Grandmother, and BTW, we raise goats and do preventative de-worming on a full moon. When we mentioned this in passing to our veterinarian, she agreed that it is a good practice to do so on a full moon. Mankind does not have all the answers.

My grandad believed and followed the signs religiously. He almost always had a good garden and produced a lot. My Great Uncle his brother always said "I plant my seeds in the ground not in the signs" and he almost always had a good garden and produced a lot. I plant when I have time to plant and thats that. So... I have no idea what works!

I do wonder if the question wasnt more asking about planting based on natures signs. For example planting carrots when the daffodils bloom. One comment on trimming hair by burning. It's actually done that way some places, especially and Ive done it without any pain, especially areas I needed to tape due to injury but didnt want to yank hair with the tape. Kinda brush the flame actoss the hair with the flame ABOVE the skin. It is enough to singe the hair but doesnt burn your skin at all. Burning hair DOES stink to high heaven though.

@katie7748

3 ай бұрын

I got my hair caught in the back end of a hair dryer once. It smelled horrid and the whole thing started on fire. I turned it off and unplugged it as fast as possible. Lordy, was that a scary moment!

I dont plant by the moon and stars because I don't know how very well, and don't understsnd well enough. I do plant when there is a full moon hitting wet dirt, or rain expected. However, I study this because we know that stars are different colors and reflect different kinds of radiation. We know the sun radiation helps plants. It makes sense that other kinds of radiation might affect parts of the plant differently. I heard one great explanation of how radiation from Jupiter affects plants. Correct me if I am wrong. I understood that Jupiter at a certain time in winter, sends energy to the earth that makes roots grow best in winter. The idea is, the energy hits earth at an angle that drives it deep into the rocks, where it releases charged particles from rocks into the soil so that the plant roots can pick up those particles. I think the particles are like electricity in having plus and minus charges. That really makes sense to me and is not weird. It also makes sense out of what my mother did ... She put rocks into her garden. They were geodes (quartz crystals). Her parents were Germans, and they said that dirt or creeks full of geodes made the best dirt in the world. My grandpa traveled all over the U.S. but settled on a farm because it had skull rocks rolling all over it! When he plowed with his mule, he left these round rocks in the corn! To this day, I set these beautiful rocks in amongst my flowers. And it just struck me-- that flower bed is the best flower bed i have. Only God understands it fully, but Tesla loved quartz because it amplifies a weak current.

Love your videos. I missed them. Hope to see more.

Do some more videos on the milk cow please.

I feel it has something to do with the magnetic fields. Between the seed and moon.? I do know grandpa was right about setting fence posts in one sign it will stay in the ground or come back up. And the board .if you research magnetic fields, frequencies. Everything has a frequency.

Oh wow Pa Mac, I’m so deep into metaphysics I tend to drizzle it anywhere I go lol! But don’t be mad, we can still be friends🤗 My Grandmother always planted by the signs and the moon, and her garden was huge and plentiful. I’ve known many who didn’t and there’s were also huge and plentiful. Knowledge is crucial in gardening but a little extra help doesn’t hurt a thing. In my mind there is nothing wrong with astrology and planting by the stars. I know many here disagree and that’s fine. We can still be friends.❤️🤗🐝

@farmhandscompanion

4 ай бұрын

And friends we will be! Thanks for watchin'', Deborah

@deborahdanhauer8525

4 ай бұрын

@@farmhandscompanion You’re welcome🤗❤️🐝

If there are people who have a problem with it, let them try planting during the off times as an experiment for themselves. If they see there’s a difference in yield, they are welcome to come with with their own explanations as to why one time yields this as opposed to that. And hopefully they won’t be upset when others try and trash their theories.

I remember once when I was a kid we were planting potatoes an old farmer down the road stopped by and told us the moon wasn’t right my dad told him we weren’t planting them on the moon they made huge crop. Came up last year to the mercantile would like to see the farm this year

Thank you for sharing this!

My Grandpa used the moon phases as a guide, ya gotta figure if the moon can pull entire oceans it has to have other affects, some we know about, others we don't.

Thanks

@farmhandscompanion

7 күн бұрын

Thank YOU, Alex. I appreciate that very much!

It's my understanding that planting by the zodiac signs uses the astrological and not the astronomical signs. Idk why there is a difference but astrology is a no go. I do go by the moon phase if I can.

This is a vastly different form of "planting by the sighs" then my grandfather taught me He taught things like start plowing when you have snow on thawed out ground, Plant corn when the maple seed fall. Plant garlic the first time you see snow flack that don't stick. sign that nature gives not sign the heavens give

@farmhandscompanion

Ай бұрын

That's correct, ThudertrodPermaculture. The planting by "nature's" signs that your grandfather (and my own parents and grandparents) practiced is an area of study called "phenology", and we'll cover that in more detail at some point later.

Awesome info. Loved it and learned a ton.

Signs mark the seasons too.

Planting by the signs might have worked in the past but not in todays world of weather warfare geoengineering weather modification. You need to adapt to the weather whiplash rollercoaster

@hawks9142

4 ай бұрын

Yall come up with anything to deny climate change nowadays won't you

@katie7748

3 ай бұрын

​@hawks9142 Meanwhile, people like you refuse to look at the plethora of proof that it's being putzed with. I say this out of love, internet stranger: please go educate yourself. There's a TON of info out there. Seek it!

Great explanation! Thanks

I love the Isaiah verse

I do have a question, are modern Froes as good (metal strength) as vintage?

Could you talk about an area that is mostly too wet.

@farmhandscompanion

4 ай бұрын

Tell me more about what you'd like to hear, Jane

In Denmark we have people who grow by the moon. Rudolf Steiner was in to that and people still live that way. Maybe its the trues or maybe not but if it makes people happy, im fine 😊

@katie7748

3 ай бұрын

RS was into Gnostic and New-Age beliefs, so I'm not surprised.

Loved this. My family gardened by the signs, and raised their livestock by the signs. As I grew up, I began to feel like it was a bit pagan like and not so much God like. And I still wonder about divining for water. As amazing as this “gift” is, it seems a bit pagan witch like. I question what spirit is giving the “water witchers” their gift. What are your thoughts?

@farmhandscompanion

4 ай бұрын

Great question, Belinda. I think it'll make for a great Q & A show. Thanks so much!

Amen!

Stars msrk season too. Would you plant yomaties when irion is in the sky

Its just that i see science in these things. The science works but the stars and moon make a grest visible calendar.

The signs I plant by are things like when the dandelions bloom or the oaks put out leaves.

@farmhandscompanion

4 ай бұрын

That is an area know as "phenology", which I rely upon quite a lot in combination with the moon phases. I'll be doin' more on phenology in upcoming shows. Thanks, rochrich1223!

Plant beans when the oak leaves are as big as a squirrels foot

@farmhandscompanion

4 ай бұрын

What you're talkin' about is a field of study known as "phenology", which I rely upon quite a lot in combination with the moon phases. More on that down the road.

Your videoa are super

Farmers are much like baseball players (and humans in general). We find patterns everywhere, even when there aren't any. I doubt very much that planting based on astrology has any effect on farming, any more than it does on the personalities of humans born when the planet happens to be at any given position in its orbit around the Sun.

Thanks and we are still friends! LoL

Hmmm, no mention of Biodynamics, probably the most developed form of star sign and lunar gardening out there.

There is a difference between learning how things work and turning that into a religion. My grandparents planted by the signs and seasons. They also castrated and butchered by the signs. Why? Their ancestors observed and reported what worked and what didn't. One can study Rudolf Steiner's methods, read the "Farmer's Almanac," and experiment with "The North American Maria Thun Biodynamic Almanac" without becoming a believer in the religion of Astrology. Jesus Christ is my Lord and master, but I also study metaphysical things as well. God gave us Astronomy; Astrology comes from somewhere else.

This is really no different than, planting root crops by the light of the moon. While crops above ground, plant before noon.

I always appreciate your tact in these matters. I'm undecided seems like I just get in when I fit in.

Leave my not friendly comment on someone else's video? Now some poor old lady knitting a scarf is going to wonder why I'm calling her Pa and cussing her out about growing Okreee and her crazy astrology theories.

Jesus talked about the signs , he also talked about the Kenites , but most all christrians don't believe it . Maybe that's a sign . 🤔

LOVE the channel; but I say "Please god, protect me.......... from your followers"

Plant beans when the oak leaves are as big as a squirrels foot