Gardening by 'The Signs'
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 3:22 pm
Appalachian Magazine
Why Your Grandparents Would “Plant by the Signs”
http://appalachianmagazine.com/2017/03/29/why-your-grandparents-would-plant-by-the-signs/
I can hear her shaky voice like it was yesterday, “You need to get your taters in the ground tomorrow, ’cause the signs is right’.”
The last “Granny Woman” of our family, my ‘Mamaw’ served as a wealth of knowledge for most everything we encountered in our West Virginia community, and in the springtime, folks from all over the holler would seek her advice regarding when to plant their gardens. She was a firm believer in “planting by the signs”. ---CONTINUED---
Why Your Grandparents Would “Plant by the Signs”
http://appalachianmagazine.com/2017/03/29/why-your-grandparents-would-plant-by-the-signs/
I can hear her shaky voice like it was yesterday, “You need to get your taters in the ground tomorrow, ’cause the signs is right’.”
The last “Granny Woman” of our family, my ‘Mamaw’ served as a wealth of knowledge for most everything we encountered in our West Virginia community, and in the springtime, folks from all over the holler would seek her advice regarding when to plant their gardens. She was a firm believer in “planting by the signs”. ---CONTINUED---