Moon Calendar September 2024
Cosmic planting calendar
By Monique Macfarlane
There are many different reference points for starting or continuing your journey with the relationship of your garden or farm within the cosmos. Here, we utilise aspects of the Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Calendar 2024-2025, to assist us when knowing when the most favourable times are for our endeavours.
This particular calendar divides crops into four categories – root, leaf, flower and fruit – based on the part of the plant you are wishing to cultivate for the most part. So if you are planning on sowing root crops – carrots, beetroot, radish – then you look for a root day in the calendar, weather and soil conditions permitting.
We also utilise the ascending and descending periods – this is the path of the moon across the sky (as opposed to waxing and waning which is the illumination of the moon). Typically, in ascending periods (when the moon’s path is a higher arc) we sow seeds, and in descending periods (a lower arc) we transplant seedlings, do soil work, as well as make compost.
The suggested seasonal tasks on the following page are a wonderful starting point for investigation, as each farm, property or garden is a unique organism. Take notes, pay attention to the entirety of the ecosystem. Notice when certain birds are arriving, when trees are flowering, when the winds blow from a certain direction. Nature is always speaking to us, listen to her wisdom. Begin to craft your own journey with the cosmos through the process of these pages, and your own unique observations.
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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.
