Anyone else in the eclipse vortex?

If so, thankfully April is a highlight of the gardening year, providing us with plenty of opportunity to get outside and rebalance.

Eclipses occur at new or full moon, and it’s advisable to steer clear of cultivation during these lunar phases, especially when amplified by the eclipse alignment like the new moon/solar eclipse today. Take some time instead to go slowly, recharge and get prepared for the primary planting windows later in the cycle. Both seed and flower crop windows are slightly longer than usual this month, great for planting winter legumes and spring flowers. The root crop window at the end of the month continues for another couple of days, finishing up on May 2nd.

As always, primary planting windows and aspects follow the sidereal system.