Dawning of a new age

So last night, under the light of a waxing Moon, me and the wife sowed our first seeds into propagators. According to hippies, for millennia people have planted and harvested according to the phases of the Moon. The Moon-watching gardener's rule of thumb is to plant crops that grow above the ground during a waxing Moon and to plant those seeds that produce crops under the ground during a waning Moon.
So the lettuce should be ready to be "pricked on" in 7-14 days and the carrots some time in the week after that. Pricking on is the term used when moving the plant into its own habitat after the initial growth has produced a two leaved seedling. Then "planting out"into the ground once five leaves are present.
There is some work to be done on the allotment this weeking in preparation for planting out. On Saturday I will be picking up some well rotted horse manure from flower fairy (see www.pink-flower-fairy.blogspot.com), raking it in and clearing stones.