Janet Tweedy wrote:
Out of curiosity I have just received the 2007 diary/almanac for
planting by phases of the moon. The allotmenteer in the recent
television series seemed to think there was a definite advantage to
growing and sowing etc by the phases of the moon.
Thought I'd give it a go in 2007
New book starts in October 2006 so should be fun and MIGHT remind me to
do jobs that I keep putting off until
a) the seedlings are long and drawn for want of planting out
or
b) the seedlings go into the soil a bit too early and I lose them all

This has always been a baffling thing for me too. I have followed to
the closest time when to plant seeds but never seedlings simply because
the book cannot see my seedlings and which stage they are at. I try to
be approximative - but for the seeds I try to follow to the day not the
hour on some occasion. I really didn't feel like getting up at 2.15 am
on a tuesday night to plant my peas !! This year's broadbeans were much
more civilized - the recommended time was 6pm )