Moon Calendar October 2024
Cosmic planting calendar
By Monique Macfarlane
As the weather warms, days get longer, the garden flourishes in new ways – as do we. In many warmer parts of the country, Labour weekend is traditionally when we get summer crop seedlings such as tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers
into the garden.
Timing is everything. I urge you to witness. Spend more time in your garden, watching, waiting, connecting this month. Sit with your environment: it is speaking to you.
Although we have these ‘days’ such as Labour weekend, or what is suggested in the calendar with the moon and planetary placements earlier in the month this year… It will be the tohu, or signs in your garden, which are the best teachers and informants on when to plant.
It is a skill to learn this, to know this. If you are new to the journey, that is OK. It will unfold over time with your commitment, enthusiasm, and inquiry. Although I have been playing with this for many seasons, I too am still learning to listen to the deeper aspects.
While you are waiting to get new crops into the garden, ensure you acclimatise them to where they are going. Whether you have purchased them as seedlings, swapped with friends, or grown from seed, slowly expose them to different weather conditions to ensure a smooth transition into the garden. Seaweed tonics, worm juice and fish emulsion help with the nutrition too through this stage.
Enjoy the excitement – enjoy the process. It is one of the most beautiful gifts to garden, to nourish the soil, ourselves and our communities.
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Monique Macfarlane is a holistic food systems facilitator, teaching biodynamics, planting by the moon, no-dig food growing and self-sufficiency. See www.natural-wisdom.net
Monique co-creates with organic, biodynamic, regenerative, no-till, and natural principles on eight hectares in Waihi that includes a small market garden, orchard, pastoral grazing, chickens and agroforestry.
