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The Gardener's Almanac

Being a calendar of the heavens and the earth: the courses of the sun and moon, the signs, the weather, and the proper seasons for sowing, tending and gathering.

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The Day & Its Sky

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Length of day—
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Moon in sign—
Next full moon—
The Gardener's Day

Favourable

    Better left alone

      Jobs of the WeekFrom your frost dates
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        Seven DaysSky & soil
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        Sign glyph shows the moon's place. Rule at the foot of a cell marks a quarter. Blue wash marks a night the reckoning puts at or below freezing.

        Moon's Quarters
        Of Note
        Ephemeris Rising, setting & the moon's place

        Times are local clock time for the place set under Settings, corrected for refraction. Moonrise or moonset may be blank on days the moon does not cross the horizon.

        Best DaysThis month

        After the old reckoning: the moon's phase for the vigour of a thing, her sign for its nature.

        Sun's Progress
        The Man of the SignsZodiacal anatomy & the fruitful places

        The moon rules

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        The Twelve
          Fruitfulness
          How the reckoning is used

          Planting Tables0 kinds
          My GardenYour beds, your dates
          Season at a Glance
          Keep a Copy
          Garden Journal0 entries

          New entry

          The moon, sign and weather of the moment are recorded with each entry.

          Find
          Keep a Copy
          Weather Lore & Country Signs

          Of the sky

          Of the birds

          Of the bees & small creatures

          Of the moon

          Tonight's Company

          The Turning Year

          One leaf to a day. Tear along the perforation.

          SettingsPlace, season & page
          Your Place

          All rising and setting times, and the weather, are reckoned for this spot.

          Your Season

          Sowing dates in the Planting Tables are counted from these two days. Leave them and the almanac will estimate from your latitude.

          Keyboard

          Keys 1–9 and 0 open the sections in order. T returns to today. ← and → step the calendar by a month and the day leaf by a day. L switches between daylight and lamplight.

          Stored on this device

          Journal entries, starred plants and these settings are kept in this browser only. Nothing is sent anywhere except the weather request, which asks for your coordinates alone.