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Jenkins, prefers to plant potatoes during an old moon, that is, during its last quarter. She also likes to plant lima beans when the moon is pointing up because that way “you’ll have more beans on a plant.”
“Anything that blooms should be planted when the moon is up,” she said.
While waiting for warmer weather to plant in, the Jenkins have been busy tilling their soil. “We’ve got the garden in shape,” Mr. Jenkins said.
What is his formula for a good garden?
“You’ve got. to have rain, but we depend on the Lord more than anything else. We can plant it and water it, but God’s got to give increase - it’s all in His hands.”
Mr. Jenkins said that gardening saves them money. “We can a lot of it, we’re like squirrels - we lay up for the winter.”
After considerable effort the Rappahannock News was able to coax from Mrs. Mattie Ball Fletcher some of her most cherished gardening secrets. Warning; the following information should not leave the county.
Fletcher revealed that she plants peas on the north side of her garden in March. Then, when the peas are five inches tall, she plants her lima beans on the south side; this is usually in May.
Why does she do this?
Because “that way the peas are out of the way when the lima beans are coming up.”
Also, she plants her okra about two feet apart in rows. Then she plants cucumbers in between when the okra are about five inches high.
“I do this because the cucumbers will then run up into the okra,” Fletcher said. “The cucumbers look nice hanging in the okra.”
This method came about by accident. One year Fletcher’s cucumbers
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