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ground crops — potatoes, onions, beets - on a dark moon (that is, when the moon is getting smaller)1. ”
Why?
“Because if you plant tl em on a light moon, they’ll keep coming up, they’ll come to the top of the ground. ”
Then of course “any crop that grows above ground — say, beans or com - you plant on a light moon. ”
Updike recalled other tricks of the trade. Some think “anything planted on March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day) won’t be bothered by bugs.”
One man she knew was so religious about ^planting his potatoes on
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