Well, in Genesis 1:14 it does say that God gave us the lights in sky: “Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;”
We have a retired postman here in Donegal, he delivered mail in the Bluestack Mountains for over 48 years and predicted the weather too. He predicted the heatwave we had in 2018 and the big freeze in 2010. He does it all by watching nature, the birds, the animals, the leaves etc. He learnt it all from the older generation around where he grew up and he's usually right. This year he's predicting we're going to have a good summer................thank goodness.
I am a fairly new gardener..this is year 2. I was told by my great aunt about planting by the moon. I went to her for gardening advice because our entire family knows her as being the one person in the family, completely incapable of killing a plant. when I asked her what advice she had to offer a new gardener, her only reply,"plant by the moon". I have since been tying to learn everything I can about this topic. I have also been watching a lot of homesteading youtubers, I started watching about a month before you guys got started. I found you through Jess. I have already learned so much from all of you, but this is the first information that I have seen from my favorite youtubers. I want to thank you so much for being "crazy". I aspire to be that crazy too. Also, thank you for the printable charts...so helpful.. love yall
I am a Christian and as a former EMT and now work in a hospital I am here to tell you people are crazy on full moon nights. My family is from TN and VA and I have been raised on many of these things you talk about. Fun video thanks for sharing
I don't think that its just the actual cycle itself but the hormones affected by the energy of the moon. Let me know if you notice a difference......enquiring mind🙂.
I love this! I am a TN native. My great grandmother, Momma Lessie, was a Pentecostal Cherokee-Irish that raised 11 children during the Great Depression. She taught me growing "by the signs" and Moon phases. I have followed this every since I started gardening. The only fails I have ever had was when I didn't adhere to the teachings. A big no-no was to not sew on Sunday. All seeds had to be planted by your own hands (no gloves), and to walk in the garden barefoot, but nowhere else. Watch your gates (Ear gate, Eye gate, Mouth gate). All gates go straight to your spirit. Ear gate, be careful of what you hear. Eye gate, be careful of what you see. Mouth gate, be careful of what you say. And, the word "hate" was forbidden, cause "hate" was of the devil. The best for learning was that what you put out you get back. "God don't like ugly". "Blessin's come to those that ain't looking for 'em." My favorite lesson of all was, "Miss Mossy, just be still. Listen a while. You might just hear what you're needin'.'" Oh, and "never climb a latter when your expecting. It will tie the cord around the baby's neck."
Farmers almanac has been apart of my life since as far back as I remember. My grandparents and parents followed it and also lived by the FoxFire books. I’m old school and it works. 🙌 God created it all from the moon to the stars to the soil we plant in. Ecclesiasticus tells us there’s a time for everything. Even planting and harvesting
True, we used a silver dime on a string around the baby’s neck until they get done cutting there teeth. You are right don’t can food or pick vegetables at that time on the month.
It's bad luck to have the bread loaf on the counter upside down. My grandma said that. I've always followed it. It's bad luck to open an umbrella inside the house as well.
Sadie Christenson I have opened my umbrella in my house quite a few times and I have never had anything bad happen. I don’t believe in luck, I believe in God. God loves you. God bless.
Thanks for sharing this fun topic. I have always gardened, raised 3 great boys, and everything else by the signs. I have all the same traditions you have like always entering and exiting the same door, no canning or gardening during that time and so on. They really do work and I passed this information onto my children and grandchildren. I always throw salt over my left shoulder if I spill it, this blinds the devil so that it can’t take your soul. I also put some coins out the the front porch on New Year’s Eve and then bring it back in on New Year’s Day, that way you’ll have money coming in all year long. My kids always enjoyed doing this when they were little and still do it with their families. My New Year’s dinner is always Fried chicken, sweet potato casserole, turnip greens, black eyed peas, fried hog jowl and rolls. The one year I didn’t prepare this my kitchen caught on fire and did $7000.00 worth of damages (34 years ago). Needless to say this meal is a big deal to me. 🤣. I have many more but I've already talked your ear off. Sending y'all love and hugs from Tennessee ❤️🤗
You guys are so fun to watch! Your energy is infectious...yes I follow the signs as well...I also tried the canning at the wrong time and lost the whole batch...it’s true! My grandparents taught me to use the almanac as a guide to all planting, harvesting and preserving. Great topic y’all! Blessings from Western NC🙏🏻💖
As I sit here with my hot tea looking at 5 bushels of cucumbers ready to be pickled...... now I’m in a rock and a hard place. They can’t sit for 4 more days and nobody else can do it 🤦♀️😂 I have never heard it but I’m a sucker for what the old timers stand by.
My Mum, Bless her, lived with us for the last six years of her life and passed away at 94 years old. She was so much fun and she was extremely superstitious. The moon guided her too. That’s how I knew what days she would want to go to the casino. Lol. Thanks so much for this video. I’m going to try some of your tips. And thanks very much for reminding me of Mum. Bless you.
This is so much fun. This is what I grew up with. The one I get odd questions of is shoes off at the door and I have a little mat that you wipe your feet on. Once everyone is entered I take the mat and shake it off out the door. I also every time I go to wild forage for food I bring a bit of nutts and butter that I leave behind to say thanks
I am so interested in this. I've been gardening most of my 60 years but didn't know about planting by the signs etc. And I have been so puzzled lately by some plants. New raised garden beds with the same soil and I planted the same seed in two places not far from each other. Seeds all germinated well but Now 6 weeks later one group are eight inches high and doing great, the other group which I planted two days later, are only 2 to 3 inches high and not doing good at all. Had this happen with several types of seed. So interesting. Thanks for explaining about this !!! Love y'all.
I am so glad I'm not the only one that does things by the signs. I also go by what our cows are doing. If they are laying down all together in a group, we are going to have bad weather.
Great video, I learned the planting by the signs from my parents and grandparents. My Mom was fanatic about the door thing, but many you mentioned here I had heard from her. One I remember was don't step across a broom lying on the floor it brings bad luck. If you drop a spoon or fork, company is coming, a spoon was a woman and a fork was a man. I have so many and alot I forgot, the older generations practiced these fervently. Blessings
I have been told that the butter knife was a man, small spoon was a child, a fork was a woman.. isn’t it interesting the differences yet similarities?! Hugs!
this is so helpful, thank you both so much. i've been trying to understand this, because i've gotten interested in a lot of aspects of appalachian culture, and there aren't many resources that really teach this for someone who didn't grow up around it. this is so much clearer now.
My husband quit smoking with the signs. It really works. I aways do the door thing too. And most of the other signs. By the way i am 70 years young and im a fellow kentuckian. Live between maysville and morehead in fleming county. Love you guys.
I threw out my Farmer's Almanac growing method this year because of the virus. I noticed that growing by the phases of the moon may offer better/quicker germination, but I really have had great success with very healthy plants and harvests this year with all of my vegetables.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. This is not hooey. We are just beginning to understand energy in our lives. I have learned a lot about it as a Reiki Master and intuitive. This is all a part of understanding creation. Incidentally, science is slowly proving all this to be true. Thanks for having the courage to share.
I follow those same traditions ,it's a generational thing,what i was taught by my elders.I mostly follow 2 signs :Breast for above ground and Loins for below ground.Glad you explained this because I don't fully understand all of it.
I never knew that potty training was by the moon. My kids are in their 30’s now but they did good when we did it. What a surprise. Looks like the dog likes the new chairs too.
New moon coming up on the 22nd. We Yankees like to plant by the new moon, but that is the 22nd. We tend to plant seed after Memorial Day. Full moon on June 5th. New Hampshire is forecasted to be warming up this week. It can be s darn cold here, we jump into planting when we feel there is no danger of frost. Our northern weather stations really try to follow when a frost might be heading our way. Thanks for sharing some of your old family tradition folk lore. OK, I do know there is a lot said about the moon's pull. I am retired, so it should be safe to can " at will ". But I will say that a full moon will wake me up, even if it is a rainy/cloudy night.... There is more to Mother Nature than first meets the eye...
Waiting for Maine to warm up also. I have potatoes in but am waiting to do my tomato and pepper plants after first of next week, suppose to be 39 and 42 temps for 2 nights. Then should be free to go for it ! lol
So happy to know that I’m not the only who follows the signs! Jenn, I’m also a Scorpio & do is my husband. Nov 9 & 14th are our birthdays. When is yours? Oh and one of my things that I do & live by is burning sage. I truly believe it helps keep bad energy out. I do it at the start of every season & also right before we have any kind of celebration & throughout the week as I feel the need. I also never use an old broom in a new house. With being a retired military family, we moved around a lot & I always bought a new broom & smudged the house before moving in.
Love yalls videos, been watching for a while now and I want to thank ya'll very much for taking the time to share with us,what great inspiration &hope ya'll have given me on our jurney 2 fulfill some dreams,May God Bless ya'll
Jen, my mom and grandmother would not touch cucumbers when making into pickles at "that time of the month". We have a recipe for 14 day pickles and my mom will not touch them at that time. You have to stir and drain them on different days, and on those days my dad did it, or I did, if it wasnt my time. Weird is weird!
Ive been following this since you put the video out and it really has increased our yield. Also can't wait for this killing day to be done to plant tmrw! Thank you guys 😊
I'm so glad you are talking about this.. This is what my Granddad taught my mom and the us grandkids about that.. Thank you so much for Sharing this.. This is so so true and about being on your period that is a No-No for sure I didn't tell my mom about me being on mine and over half of the JARS didn't seal...
Yes! Thank you for this! Exactly what we have been saying on our channel. For new gardeners, this will help with production and not give up due to not much produce! farmers almanac 2020 gardening calendar online will give you what you can plant on what days 1 month at a time. Easy to read information for new gardeners. We wait to cut hay on days that will promote new growth. We don’t wean or castorate any animals without the good moon signs. I just planted sweet potato slips in the pouring rain because it was a good day for below ground crops.
Coming/leaving through the same door, my mom use to tell me always. Another one was do not whistle in the night time guess it brings not good "spirits" into ur life...lol that one always scared me, never let my kids whistle at night. You guys are so cute and fun to watch!!
I am canning this morning. I had forgotten about harvesting, canning and planting by the signs, my grandparents followed them. Went looking for something, could not find it in the O.F.A., and found you guys, posted on my birthday. Then saw the Tee shirt, looked like KY. Sure enough, looked at mailing, Frankfort, I am in Burgin, little burg east of Harrodsburg. Love the content and love to support KY TH-camrs. So I think I will stick around, Subbed, Belled and smashed that Like button. Also good to know you go to church. Also, about the moon, my preacher and I go (used to go) to the hospital on Full Moon Firday and Saturday and help with all the crazies that would come in there - amazing. See you around.
I planted by the moon cycles this year for the first time and had the best garden in 8 years! Everything was beautiful and productive! I can't prove that planting by the signs was the reason, but you can bet I'll be doing it that way from now on.
For leg cramps at night place your shoes upside down under the bed. My mom said my brother had epileptic seizures when he was little .He was on the couch and she had a washcloth washing him off and he slide down between her leg a uncle left came back with a gallon of warm moonshine gave him a bath till it ran off cool and he never had another seizure.
This brought back memories of my Granny keeping one of those funeral home calendars so she could plant by the moon. We were also never allowed to do some things on Sunday (not due to religion). No planting, no cutting nails, no playing cards....
This video was so much fun! Iv'e always wanted to learn how to use the moon as a guide for my garden. I definitely will print out the guide you have listed (thank you) and follow it. So you asked what superstitions we have... one of mine is never put a pair of shoes on your bed. My mom and aunt told me that and I have listened for 68 years now. You two are so cute and love watching you both. Btw... my hubby is a cancer too. :)
I love you that you shared the old wives tales. I also am from Kentucky and have heard all of these and a few not mentioned. My parents and grandparents passed these on and I have passed them on to my children as well. My mom lived by "company was coming"when she had a strong itchy nose. Lol Farmers almanac was a common topic. Some we laugh at and some we live by. Loved this video!
I love the Signs..So glad y'all were the ones to share this video..I'm a Libra here in Mississippi that wants as much advice and tips that will help me helps others.. I have a huge passion for life of others..thank you both for sharing this with us..life changing already ...again...thank y'all 💚🌱💚
I follow my Sign. I'm also a Cancer so you know about my Sign. I've seen Fence Post come out of the ground. Seems crazy but I know you understand. Thanks for the Charts and the Facebook page. The Porch and Furniture looked great so did the Pool. As nice clean and clear. God Bless and Peace Be With You All ☮️🙏❣️
Cool! I’m a new gardener and I’m finding this info fascinating, it actually relaxes me. I do think all things are connected. So it should make this gardening journey a smoother one. Thank you! From another Scorpio😁
I loved this video! I watch every video you guys post and this was great fun and I DO like knowing about these things. I had a friend who followed maybe it was the farmers' almanac for cutting her hair. Certain times your hair would grow faster and she had the longest hair! Maybe the same days as mowing grass? Since I like to not have to go to the salon very often, I like to get my hair cut on slow-growing days. :)
I'm offended that I didn't find anything to be offended by. I love ya'll. Thanks for the education. I'm going to learn more because, since we're all creatures of the earth, we should know more about how the moon affects her. Thanks for MORE awesome information.
Lorelei from Stone Cabin Adventures here. I clicked the link to get the docs. But, sadness. I couldn't find the docs on that FB page. I'll try again when I'm not pending. Thank for all the good info and the transparency on your channel. I am married to my best friend. It will be 23 years in a few weeks. Man! Time has flown.
This is interesting! My uncle always plans the family kraut making by the signs, and any of the ladies aren't allowed to participate during that time of month. My grandfather always said to plant potatoes on good Friday, and if the tree leaves turn silver on the wind, a storm is coming. And there's one my mom says about Woolley caterpillars with lots of black meaning a bad winter (or something like that - I can't remember the details!)
Jenn I have always called my period my moontime, probably since I studied to be a witch in my early 20's. I am in my mid 60's now and I still practise wisecraft every single day of the year. Everything is done by the moon and the phases of the moon and star signs. When it is your moontime you should just chill out and be. Read books, tell your babies stories etc but just be with your family and don't try to do much at all. I recommend a great book called The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, set in the time of the coat of many colours. It is a wonderful read and you can guess what the red tent was?? If you can find it then give it a read as it is wonderful reading. I just searched The Book Depository and they have it in stock.
Y'all Two Are Just A Joy To Watch And Yes I Believe In The Signs Of The Moon Myself ..My Grandma And Grandpa Always Did Everything By The Signs And So Have My Parents .. The Pocket Knife Tell. Has Always Be A Thing With My Family.. Don't Wash Clothes On New Years Day Are Christmas Day ..Just So Many Tell Of Life As A Child I Grow Up On And Yes I Am A Christian Too..
It's definitely REAL! The calendar was by the back door and my Dad lived by it, if we had a question we always asked him. From fishing, cutting hair to surgeries, the calendar had to be checked.
It's so true...DO NOT make sauerkraut when you're on your monthly. It turns into a stinking rotten mess. My grandma wouldn't even let us in the kitchen when she was shredding her cabbage. Or don't make pickled beans and don't go in the gardens lol. It will kill plants.
One of my favorite things to can is homegrown pickles from the Boston pickling cukes I grow every year. The one time I canned them and it was during the monthly, they were the worse tasting pickles ever - and I did everything the same as I always do. They were so bitter and gross! I have subscribed to the Farmer's Almanac for several years and use their planting dates. One other thing I do that the husband thinks is weird is collect either rain water (it's south Texas so we don't get a whole lot) or regular water in buckets, watering cans and mason jars then set them out under a full moon. Supposed to help the "energy". I've used that water on seedlings and struggling plants and they've done amazing. I also will drink the water from the mason jars and I know it sounds crazy, but it tastes different, as in better. Weird...
In the UK we have many similar things to you best time to fish best time to bring your corn in or your weat in we have something called (aloe Creer ) it is one for no apparent reason the sky fills with lightning but no thunder and it is said that the lightning ripens the corn I have actually seen it happen I also follow gia mother of the earth Having said that I have followed the almanac for as long as I can remember and there are many things like you said but have in fact proven themselves
My dad always planted by the moon. When he first started out he laughed when a lady told him about planting by the signs and so he planted when he wanted, his crop didn't do good. He never doubted her again. Lol
I had a wart on my hand which totally annoyed me when my husband and I first got married. Anytime I would grip something it would make it sore. Alex, my husband, heard I was going to have it burned off at the doctor's office. He said no that he could get rid of it. He took a thread and rubbed on the wart and then took the thread and buried it and when the thread in the ground was gone, my wart would be gone. I said that would take too long. So he said ok, let me buy it from you. I thought he was crazy. He gave me a nickel for my wart and told me to forget about it. In several weeks, it was gone. He has done it for several people we know and I still can't believe it. His grandmother was the one that told him how to do it. We were also told that when you get choked to raise your hands up in the air straight and it will stop you from choking. My son is a nurse and to this day still does that. We all do. He did it one day at the table during lunch and one of the Doctors asked him why he put his arms up. The doctor told him he was crazy. My son said I stopped choking, right? They all laughed at the doctor. That's just two of them I can think of right now. Always plant by the signs.
My grandma was a full blooded Cherokee Indian and she’s always told me about the time of the month things. She actually found out that It was my time when I was a teen and threw a rock at me for walking past her garden. Lol
My son will be 56 in early August. When he was a baby, he drank from a bottle, because hubby did not want me to breast feed. So my hubbys grandmother told me that when I was ready to wean him from the bottle, to look at the Old Farmers Almanac. I had never heard of that but we looked and planned ahead. He had been using a sippy cup for a couple of months, so at age 10 months he walked and was weaned ! It was so easy. He never asked or cried...he ate real good and drank his fluids from his sippy cup. My hubby has always planted by the signs.
Sounds like it's a good thing I've gone through menopause! Maybe that's why grandma always seems to have that magic touch. Planting on Good Friday is actually planting by the moon because the date Easter falls on each year is determined by the moon. It's always the Sunday following the first full moon after March 21.
When I was expecting my first baby I was 13 days late and the nurses would tell me that the baby was waiting for the full moon and sure enough she was born on the full moon as a matter of fact today is her birthday and the nursery was full to the max and she was the only girl
My grandmaw always said if you step over someone sleeping (like on the floor) then you HAVE to step back over them. Why? Idk lol. Maybe the same reason you have for the door
Morgan Bailey Lord have mercy, I stepped over my cousin and my Aunt screamed bloody murder and ran to back me back over her so she wouldn’t be barren! Also never sweep a broom over someone’s feet, apparently that will cause them to never marry.
I'm glad I am not the only crazy person on the planet, lol I'm a Scorpio my B day (Oct 30,1966) love all the moon stuff thanks for sharing guys love your new patio set
about four years ago i had my driveway regraveled. it was so weird. a day or two later it was like someone had come during the night and stole my driveway! not a piece of that gravel could be found! i couldnt figure it out. now i know why.
Well, in Genesis 1:14 it does say that God gave us the lights in sky: “Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;”
We have a retired postman here in Donegal, he delivered mail in the Bluestack Mountains for over 48 years and predicted the weather too. He predicted the heatwave we had in 2018 and the big freeze in 2010. He does it all by watching nature, the birds, the animals, the leaves etc. He learnt it all from the older generation around where he grew up and he's usually right. This year he's predicting we're going to have a good summer................thank goodness.
Hello Beautiful Donegal and Very Beautiful Bluestack Mountains.... From Belfast:).
I am a fairly new gardener..this is year 2. I was told by my great aunt about planting by the moon. I went to her for gardening advice because our entire family knows her as being the one person in the family, completely incapable of killing a plant. when I asked her what advice she had to offer a new gardener, her only reply,"plant by the moon". I have since been tying to learn everything I can about this topic. I have also been watching a lot of homesteading youtubers, I started watching about a month before you guys got started. I found you through Jess. I have already learned so much from all of you, but this is the first information that I have seen from my favorite youtubers. I want to thank you so much for being "crazy". I aspire to be that crazy too. Also, thank you for the printable charts...so helpful.. love yall
So glad I am not the only crazy person on the planet, thanks for sharing this topic.
I am a Christian and as a former EMT and now work in a hospital I am here to tell you people are crazy on full moon nights. My family is from TN and VA and I have been raised on many of these things you talk about. Fun video thanks for sharing
Guess canning tomatoes does not apply to me anymore. Don’t have monthly’s anymore....lol
I don't think that its just the actual cycle itself but the hormones affected by the energy of the moon. Let me know if you notice a difference......enquiring mind🙂.
Hehe...maybe we shouldn't touch the jars or tomatoes during a hot flash...? LOL
The best example of this if you have ever dug holes sometimes you don't have enuf to refill the hole and sometimes you have too much dirt.
My dad always said that if you dont have enough to refill it, it's not good dirt, lol
I love this video so much!! Thank you guys for getting weird with us. I love how you're so open!
I love this! I am a TN native. My great grandmother, Momma Lessie, was a Pentecostal Cherokee-Irish that raised 11 children during the Great Depression. She taught me growing "by the signs" and Moon phases. I have followed this every since I started gardening. The only fails I have ever had was when I didn't adhere to the teachings. A big no-no was to not sew on Sunday. All seeds had to be planted by your own hands (no gloves), and to walk in the garden barefoot, but nowhere else. Watch your gates (Ear gate, Eye gate, Mouth gate). All gates go straight to your spirit. Ear gate, be careful of what you hear. Eye gate, be careful of what you see. Mouth gate, be careful of what you say. And, the word "hate" was forbidden, cause "hate" was of the devil. The best for learning was that what you put out you get back. "God don't like ugly". "Blessin's come to those that ain't looking for 'em." My favorite lesson of all was, "Miss Mossy, just be still. Listen a while. You might just hear what you're needin'.'" Oh, and "never climb a latter when your expecting. It will tie the cord around the baby's neck."
Sorry, I had to change the word "pregnant" to "expecting". That was also a forbidden word, too.
Thank you for sharing!
Farmers almanac has been apart of my life since as far back as I remember. My grandparents and parents followed it and also lived by the FoxFire books. I’m old school and it works. 🙌 God created it all from the moon to the stars to the soil we plant in. Ecclesiasticus tells us there’s a time for everything. Even planting and harvesting
I plant by the moon cycles..it works for me,it's just the ebb and flow of mother nature.you guys are just so much fun,I look forward to your videos!
True, we used a silver dime on a string around the baby’s neck until they get done cutting there teeth. You are right don’t can food or pick vegetables at that time on the month.
My uncle died from swallowing a dime when he was teething. It somehow set up gang green in his stomach and it killed him.
It's bad luck to have the bread loaf on the counter upside down. My grandma said that. I've always followed it. It's bad luck to open an umbrella inside the house as well.
Sadie Christenson I have opened my umbrella in my house quite a few times and I have never had anything bad happen. I don’t believe in luck, I believe in God. God loves you. God bless.
It was my grandma's thing, and I guess I just picked it up.
Thanks for sharing this fun topic. I have always gardened, raised 3 great boys, and everything else by the signs. I have all the same traditions you have like always entering and exiting the same door, no canning or gardening during that time and so on. They really do work and I passed this information onto my children and grandchildren. I always throw salt over my left shoulder if I spill it, this blinds the devil so that it can’t take your soul. I also put some coins out the the front porch on New Year’s Eve and then bring it back in on New Year’s Day, that way you’ll have money coming in all year long. My kids always enjoyed doing this when they were little and still do it with their families. My New Year’s dinner is always Fried chicken, sweet potato casserole, turnip greens, black eyed peas, fried hog jowl and rolls. The one year I didn’t prepare this my kitchen caught on fire and did $7000.00 worth of damages (34 years ago). Needless to say this meal is a big deal to me. 🤣. I have many more but I've already talked your ear off. Sending y'all love and hugs from Tennessee ❤️🤗
You guys are so fun to watch! Your energy is infectious...yes I follow the signs as well...I also tried the canning at the wrong time and lost the whole batch...it’s true! My grandparents taught me to use the almanac as a guide to all planting, harvesting and preserving. Great topic y’all! Blessings from Western NC🙏🏻💖
As I sit here with my hot tea looking at 5 bushels of cucumbers ready to be pickled...... now I’m in a rock and a hard place. They can’t sit for 4 more days and nobody else can do it 🤦♀️😂 I have never heard it but I’m a sucker for what the old timers stand by.
Don’t take the broom with you when you move.
My Mum, Bless her, lived with us for the last six years of her life and passed away at 94 years old. She was so much fun and she was extremely superstitious. The moon guided her too. That’s how I knew what days she would want to go to the casino. Lol. Thanks so much for this video. I’m going to try some of your tips. And thanks very much for reminding me of Mum. Bless you.
This is so much fun.
This is what I grew up with.
The one I get odd questions of is shoes off at the door and I have a little mat that you wipe your feet on. Once everyone is entered I take the mat and shake it off out the door.
I also every time I go to wild forage for food I bring a bit of nutts and butter that I leave behind to say thanks
I am so interested in this. I've been gardening most of my 60 years but didn't know about planting by the signs etc. And I have been so puzzled lately by some plants. New raised garden beds with the same soil and I planted the same seed in two places not far from each other. Seeds all germinated well but Now 6 weeks later one group are eight inches high and doing great, the other group which I planted two days later, are only 2 to 3 inches high and not doing good at all. Had this happen with several types of seed. So interesting. Thanks for explaining about this !!! Love y'all.
I am so glad I'm not the only one that does things by the signs. I also go by what our cows are doing. If they are laying down all together in a group, we are going to have bad weather.
Great video, I learned the planting by the signs from my parents and grandparents. My Mom was fanatic about the door thing, but many you mentioned here I had heard from her. One I remember was don't step across a broom lying on the floor it brings bad luck. If you drop a spoon or fork, company is coming, a spoon was a woman and a fork was a man. I have so many and alot I forgot, the older generations practiced these fervently. Blessings
I have been told that the butter knife was a man, small spoon was a child, a fork was a woman.. isn’t it interesting the differences yet similarities?! Hugs!
this is so helpful, thank you both so much. i've been trying to understand this, because i've gotten interested in a lot of aspects of appalachian culture, and there aren't many resources that really teach this for someone who didn't grow up around it. this is so much clearer now.
My husband quit smoking with the signs. It really works. I aways do the door thing too. And most of the other signs. By the way i am 70 years young and im a fellow kentuckian. Live between maysville and morehead in fleming county. Love you guys.
Pauletta Conley happy to meet a fellow Fleming county resident!
So, I have a legit reason to make my husband do all the canning and gardening when it's my time. Thanks.
I threw out my Farmer's Almanac growing method this year because of the virus. I noticed that growing by the phases of the moon may offer better/quicker germination, but I really have had great success with very healthy plants and harvests this year with all of my vegetables.
Jen, I followed it as well with potty training... BAM.. Done... I so get this... Love how you shared on this topic...
You two are adorable and just the way you look at each other clearly shows how in love you are 💜
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. This is not hooey. We are just beginning to understand energy in our lives. I have learned a lot about it as a Reiki Master and intuitive. This is all a part of understanding creation. Incidentally, science is slowly proving all this to be true. Thanks for having the courage to share.
U guys r so happy, love the smiles! Keep on spreading them!!!
I follow those same traditions ,it's a generational thing,what i was taught by my elders.I mostly follow 2 signs :Breast for above ground and Loins for below ground.Glad you explained this because I don't fully understand all of it.
I never knew that potty training was by the moon. My kids are in their 30’s now but they did good when we did it. What a surprise. Looks like the dog likes the new chairs too.
New moon coming up on the 22nd. We Yankees like to plant by the new moon, but that is the 22nd. We tend to plant seed after Memorial Day. Full moon on June 5th. New Hampshire is forecasted to be warming up this week.
It can be s darn cold here, we jump into planting when we feel there is no danger of frost. Our northern weather stations really try to follow when a frost might be heading our way. Thanks for sharing some of your old family tradition folk lore. OK, I do know there is a lot said about the moon's pull. I am retired, so it should be safe to can " at will ". But I will say that a full moon will wake me up, even if it is a rainy/cloudy night.... There is more to Mother Nature than first meets the eye...
Waiting for Maine to warm up also. I have potatoes in but am waiting to do my tomato and pepper plants after first of next week, suppose to be 39 and 42 temps for 2 nights. Then should be free to go for it ! lol
One of the more unique video topics I’ve watched. Very interesting. Would love more mentions in your regular videos.
So happy to know that I’m not the only who follows the signs! Jenn, I’m also a Scorpio & do is my husband. Nov 9 & 14th are our birthdays. When is yours?
Oh and one of my things that I do & live by is burning sage. I truly believe it helps keep bad energy out. I do it at the start of every season & also right before we have any kind of celebration & throughout the week as I feel the need. I also never use an old broom in a new house. With being a retired military family, we moved around a lot & I always bought a new broom & smudged the house before moving in.
Love yalls videos, been watching for a while now and I want to thank ya'll very much for taking the time to share with us,what great inspiration &hope ya'll have given me on our jurney 2 fulfill some dreams,May God Bless ya'll
Jen, my mom and grandmother would not touch cucumbers when making into pickles at "that time of the month". We have a recipe for 14 day pickles and my mom will not touch them at that time. You have to stir and drain them on different days, and on those days my dad did it, or I did, if it wasnt my time. Weird is weird!
Thank you! This information is SO interesting! I have also started following the facebook page Planting by the Signs!
I love y'all . My grandpa always used to follow the sings of the moon to plant our garden. Always.
Ive been following this since you put the video out and it really has increased our yield. Also can't wait for this killing day to be done to plant tmrw! Thank you guys 😊
I'm so glad you are talking about this.. This is what my Granddad taught my mom and the us grandkids about that.. Thank you so much for Sharing this.. This is so so true and about being on your period that is a No-No for sure I didn't tell my mom about me being on mine and over half of the JARS didn't seal...
Yes! Thank you for this! Exactly what we have been saying on our channel. For new gardeners, this will help with production and not give up due to not much produce! farmers almanac 2020 gardening calendar online will give you what you can plant on what days 1 month at a time. Easy to read information for new gardeners.
We wait to cut hay on days that will promote new growth. We don’t wean or castorate any animals without the good moon signs. I just planted sweet potato slips in the pouring rain because it was a good day for below ground crops.
This makes me love you guys so much more!! I am right there with all you with all of this.
Thank you both for putting this out there I never heard of this before. I’m going to try it out
Coming/leaving through the same door, my mom use to tell me always. Another one was do not whistle in the night time guess it brings not good "spirits" into ur life...lol that one always scared me, never let my kids whistle at night. You guys are so cute and fun to watch!!
I'm not superstitious but some things are sensible...I'm going to check out some of this...very interesting thank you...from goshen ohio
I am canning this morning. I had forgotten about harvesting, canning and planting by the signs, my grandparents followed them. Went looking for something, could not find it in the O.F.A., and found you guys, posted on my birthday. Then saw the Tee shirt, looked like KY. Sure enough, looked at mailing, Frankfort, I am in Burgin, little burg east of Harrodsburg. Love the content and love to support KY TH-camrs. So I think I will stick around, Subbed, Belled and smashed that Like button. Also good to know you go to church. Also, about the moon, my preacher and I go (used to go) to the hospital on Full Moon Firday and Saturday and help with all the crazies that would come in there - amazing. See you around.
Pup is enjoying the patio and y’all furniture looks nice 🇺🇸❤️
I planted by the moon cycles this year for the first time and had the best garden in 8 years! Everything was beautiful and productive! I can't prove that planting by the signs was the reason, but you can bet I'll be doing it that way from now on.
For leg cramps at night place your shoes upside down under the bed. My mom said my brother had epileptic seizures when he was little .He was on the couch and she had a washcloth washing him off and he slide down between her leg a uncle left came back with a gallon of warm moonshine gave him a bath till it ran off cool and he never had another seizure.
Love it's and thank you for sharing🤗🤗
This brought back memories of my Granny keeping one of those funeral home calendars so she could plant by the moon. We were also never allowed to do some things on Sunday (not due to religion). No planting, no cutting nails, no playing cards....
This video was so much fun! Iv'e always wanted to learn how to use the moon as a guide for my garden. I definitely will print out the guide you have listed (thank you) and follow it. So you asked what superstitions we have... one of mine is never put a pair of shoes on your bed. My mom and aunt told me that and I have listened for 68 years now. You two are so cute and love watching you both. Btw... my hubby is a cancer too. :)
I love you that you shared the old wives tales. I also am from Kentucky and have heard all of these and a few not mentioned. My parents and grandparents passed these on and I have passed them on to my children as well. My mom lived by "company was coming"when she had a strong itchy nose. Lol Farmers almanac was a common topic. Some we laugh at and some we live by. Loved this video!
I love the Signs..So glad y'all were the ones to share this video..I'm a Libra here in Mississippi that wants as much advice and tips that will help me helps others.. I have a huge passion for life of others..thank you both for sharing this with us..life changing already ...again...thank y'all 💚🌱💚
I follow my Sign. I'm also a Cancer so you know about my Sign. I've seen Fence Post come out of the ground. Seems crazy but I know you understand. Thanks for the Charts and the Facebook page. The Porch and Furniture looked great so did the Pool. As nice clean and clear. God Bless and Peace Be With You All ☮️🙏❣️
I absolutely loved this video! I do follow the moon but not the signs. Good info!
You guys are so cute. Every time I watch your videos you make me smile.
Cool! I’m a new gardener and I’m finding this info fascinating, it actually relaxes me. I do think all things are connected. So it should make this gardening journey a smoother one. Thank you! From another Scorpio😁
We always had to sow lettuce on Valentines Day no matter what. It didnt matter what the weather was doing or anything else, it had to be done.
I loved this video! I watch every video you guys post and this was great fun and I DO like knowing about these things. I had a friend who followed maybe it was the farmers' almanac for cutting her hair. Certain times your hair would grow faster and she had the longest hair! Maybe the same days as mowing grass? Since I like to not have to go to the salon very often, I like to get my hair cut on slow-growing days. :)
Love this video. We always planted by the signs. And we had the same superstitions growing up.
I'm offended that I didn't find anything to be offended by. I love ya'll. Thanks for the education. I'm going to learn more because, since we're all creatures of the earth, we should know more about how the moon affects her. Thanks for MORE awesome information.
Lorelei from Stone Cabin Adventures here. I clicked the link to get the docs. But, sadness. I couldn't find the docs on that FB page. I'll try again when I'm not pending. Thank for all the good info and the transparency on your channel. I am married to my best friend. It will be 23 years in a few weeks. Man! Time has flown.
This is interesting! My uncle always plans the family kraut making by the signs, and any of the ladies aren't allowed to participate during that time of month. My grandfather always said to plant potatoes on good Friday, and if the tree leaves turn silver on the wind, a storm is coming. And there's one my mom says about Woolley caterpillars with lots of black meaning a bad winter (or something like that - I can't remember the details!)
My mom makes her kraut by the signs so it will stay crisp , and the wooley caterpillars the more black the colder the winter .
I agree with the "monthly" canning superstition... but what about canning once you are beyond that point in life?? (over 50)
You guys! This was a really fun one! ❤️
Jenn I have always called my period my moontime, probably since I studied to be a witch in my early 20's. I am in my mid 60's now and I still practise wisecraft every single day of the year. Everything is done by the moon and the phases of the moon and star signs. When it is your moontime you should just chill out and be. Read books, tell your babies stories etc but just be with your family and don't try to do much at all. I recommend a great book called The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, set in the time of the coat of many colours. It is a wonderful read and you can guess what the red tent was?? If you can find it then give it a read as it is wonderful reading. I just searched The Book Depository and they have it in stock.
Thank you!
Scorpio, also.
Thank you, I will have to plant my beans on a good day.
It's so nice to have a lovely place outside to relax, it looks great you guys. So happy for you guys with all your lovely updates 💜❤💚💙💜👏👏🎉
Y'all Two Are Just A Joy To Watch And Yes I Believe In The Signs Of The Moon Myself ..My Grandma And Grandpa Always Did Everything By The Signs And So Have My Parents .. The Pocket Knife Tell. Has Always Be A Thing With My Family.. Don't Wash Clothes On New Years Day Are Christmas Day ..Just So Many Tell Of Life As A Child I Grow Up On And Yes I Am A Christian Too..
It's definitely REAL! The calendar was by the back door and my Dad lived by it, if we had a question we always asked him. From fishing, cutting hair to surgeries, the calendar had to be checked.
It's so true...DO NOT make sauerkraut when you're on your monthly. It turns into a stinking rotten mess. My grandma wouldn't even let us in the kitchen when she was shredding her cabbage. Or don't make pickled beans and don't go in the gardens lol. It will kill plants.
Ask any healthcare worker about working on a full moon! Not a fun time whether in a nursing home or hospital!
If you see a flower on a plant that is not in season mean someone in your family will die. I love you’ll and your channel.
One of my favorite things to can is homegrown pickles from the Boston pickling cukes I grow every year. The one time I canned them and it was during the monthly, they were the worse tasting pickles ever - and I did everything the same as I always do. They were so bitter and gross! I have subscribed to the Farmer's Almanac for several years and use their planting dates. One other thing I do that the husband thinks is weird is collect either rain water (it's south Texas so we don't get a whole lot) or regular water in buckets, watering cans and mason jars then set them out under a full moon. Supposed to help the "energy". I've used that water on seedlings and struggling plants and they've done amazing. I also will drink the water from the mason jars and I know it sounds crazy, but it tastes different, as in better. Weird...
In the UK we have many similar things to you best time to fish best time to bring your corn in or your weat in we have something called (aloe Creer ) it is one for no apparent reason the sky fills with lightning but no thunder and it is said that the lightning ripens the corn I have actually seen it happen I also follow gia mother of the earth Having said that I have followed the almanac for as long as I can remember and there are many things like you said but have in fact proven themselves
Me too.... Im Scorpio sun.. 11/19.. I love you guys..so real!
My dad always planted by the moon. When he first started out he laughed when a lady told him about planting by the signs and so he planted when he wanted, his crop didn't do good. He never doubted her again. Lol
Sending love to you guys!
I love your videos.you offer a barrel of really good information.
My uncle grew the best garden. When other garden in town had small plants my uncle grew huge ones. I know it works. Sally
I followed that with potty train and took babies off the bottle. Worked well.
They, the flow of the earth, nor you are weird.
I had a wart on my hand which totally annoyed me when my husband and I first got married. Anytime I would grip something it would make it sore. Alex, my husband, heard I was going to have it burned off at the doctor's office. He said no that he could get rid of it. He took a thread and rubbed on the wart and then took the thread and buried it and when the thread in the ground was gone, my wart would be gone. I said that would take too long. So he said ok, let me buy it from you. I thought he was crazy. He gave me a nickel for my wart and told me to forget about it. In several weeks, it was gone. He has done it for several people we know and I still can't believe it. His grandmother was the one that told him how to do it. We were also told that when you get choked to raise your hands up in the air straight and it will stop you from choking. My son is a nurse and to this day still does that. We all do. He did it one day at the table during lunch and one of the Doctors asked him why he put his arms up. The doctor told him he was crazy. My son said I stopped choking, right? They all laughed at the doctor. That's just two of them I can think of right now. Always plant by the signs.
My grandma was a full blooded Cherokee Indian and she’s always told me about the time of the month things. She actually found out that It was my time when I was a teen and threw a rock at me for walking past her garden. Lol
Also I am a practicing eclectic witch so I have a ton of weird things that I do lol... I make moon water, charge crystals and all that by the moon...
Awesome! I have charged my crystal when there is a full moon:)
My son will be 56 in early August. When he was a baby, he drank from a bottle, because hubby did not want me to breast feed. So my hubbys grandmother told me that when I was ready to wean him from the bottle, to look at the Old Farmers Almanac. I had never heard of that but we looked and planned ahead. He had been using a sippy cup for a couple of months, so at age 10 months he walked and was weaned ! It was so easy. He never asked or cried...he ate real good and drank his fluids from his sippy cup.
My hubby has always planted by the signs.
It does work to plant this way!
Does planting by the moon apply to container/indoor plants, or just plants in the ground?
I wish I saw this Monday, I transplanted everything on a killing day.😫 No wonder I can’t grow anything.
Sounds like it's a good thing I've gone through menopause! Maybe that's why grandma always seems to have that magic touch.
Planting on Good Friday is actually planting by the moon because the date Easter falls on each year is determined by the moon. It's always the Sunday following the first full moon after March 21.
What if you don’t have a monthly anymore? 😂🤣😂🤣 Y’all are great! I plant by the moon a lot. 😊🌻😍
Thanks guys I’ll be looking in to it and see what’s good for Menopausal women
When I was expecting my first baby I was 13 days late and the nurses would tell me that the baby was waiting for the full moon and sure enough she was born on the full moon as a matter of fact today is her birthday and the nursery was full to the max and she was the only girl
If you gift someone a knife you must put a penny heads-up on top of the knife.
My grandmaw always said if you step over someone sleeping (like on the floor) then you HAVE to step back over them. Why? Idk lol. Maybe the same reason you have for the door
Morgan Bailey Lord have mercy, I stepped over my cousin and my Aunt screamed bloody murder and ran to back me back over her so she wouldn’t be barren! Also never sweep a broom over someone’s feet, apparently that will cause them to never marry.
I was a teacher and we could always tell when the moon was full without looking at the calendar ! Kids were always out of control ! Lol
I remember the old folks back home would always tell us not to point at blooms or fruit before it ripens because it would fall off or go bad.
I am Cancer..Let's NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT THE MOON!!!!!! lol Oy goodness...
I'm glad I am not the only crazy person on the planet, lol I'm a Scorpio my B day (Oct 30,1966) love all the moon stuff thanks for sharing guys love your new patio set
Not weird! I totally think like this. Of course I’m a Pisces. Energy is a very real thing and everything is made of it
about four years ago i had my driveway regraveled. it was so weird. a day or two later it was like someone had come during the night and stole my driveway! not a piece of that gravel could be found! i couldnt figure it out. now i know why.