While March 17, the holy day of St. Gertrude, marks the official start of the garden year, the favorable time for planting and sowing begins tomorrow, March 7 and lasts until March 22. The month started out warm and sunny, but is predicted to be overall wet. Temperatures will drop again and it’s not yet the time for planting anything aside of tree cuttings, such as hazel and willow.

Faded flower stems and fallen leaves should be left for at least another month, as they provide a home to myriads of insects and smaller animals. Also they are the humus of tomorrow, even for the lawn. So just let them be.

Sowing: preculture indoors daturas, chillis, tomatoes, tobacco etc. for a timely harvest. Cold germinators can still be sown now and left outdoors.

Harvest: lesser celandine, ground-ivy, ground elder, cuckoo-flower, ramson

Symbols: flower = moon is in an air sign, fruit = moon is in a fire sign, leaf = moon is in a water sign, root = moon is in an earth sign, lunar nodes = avoid any garden or magical activity

Eclipses: March will see a lunar and partial solar eclipse in some parts of the world. Eclipses are generally considered ominous and unfavorable for any garden work or other magical activity.

March 6, 2025

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