CarolineScott said:When daffodils bloom, plant peas?
I plant peas when I first see green shoots from the daffodils, unless the moon is waning at that time. Then I wait until a few days after the new moon that follows when the daffodils are shooting up.
From there, it's pretty much by the moon for me. Root veggies, bulbs and other underground things (onions, garlic, carrots, potatoes, radishes, sweet potatoes, ginger, turmeric) on the waning moons. Above ground things (lettuce, greens, broccoli and cabbage, tomatoes and peppers, most flowers and herbs) on the waxing moons. Stuff that is direct sown is sown around the first (above ground) or third quarter (bulbs and root veggies). Transplants are just before the full moon, and generally seeds are started indoors, sown in trays and containers approaching the previous moon's first quarter.
Thinking back, the dogwoods blooming and the other signs mentioned usually align with my lunar cycles for the other plants.
