2019 Best Days For Gardening

Moon phase gardening is an idea as old as agriculture, popular in folklore and superstition. Planting by the phases of the moon maintains a rhythm with the alternating gravitational pull of the moon. (Read more at Gardening By The Moon). The best days for gardening by the moon in 2019 are as follows:

January

• Plant above ground crops: 5, 6, 9 – 11, 14, 15, 18, 19
• Plant root crops: 1, 4, 24 – 28, 31
• Transplant: 1, 27, 28
• Plant seed beds: 1, 18, 19, 27, 28
• Plant flowers: 18, 19, 24 – 26
• Kill plant pests: 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20 – 23, 29, 30
• Harvest: 2, 3, 29, 30
• Pick Apples and Pears: 2, 3, 21, 29, 30
• Prune Trees: 1, 4, 27, 28, 31

February

• Plant above ground crops: 5 – 7, 10 – 12, 15, 16
• Plant root crops: 1, 2, 21 – 24, 28
• Transplant: 23, 24
• Plant seed beds: 15, 16, 23, 24
• Plant flowers: 15, 16, 21, 22
• Kill plant pests: 3, 4, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17 – 20, 25 – 27
• Harvest: 3, 26, 27
• Pick Apples and Pears: 25 – 27
• Prune Trees: 1, 2, 23, 24, 28

March

• Plant above ground crops: 6, 10, 11, 14, 15
• Plant root crops: 1, 5, 20 – 24, 27, 28
• Transplant: 5, 22 – 24
• Plant seed beds: 14, 15, 22 – 24
• Plant flowers: 14, 15, 20, 21
• Kill plant pests: 2 – 4, 7 – 9, 12, 13, 16 – 19, 25, 26, 29 – 31
• Harvest: 2 – 4, 29 – 31
• Pick Apples and Pears: 25 – 26
• Prune Trees: 1, 22 – 24, 27, 28

April

• Plant above ground crops: 6, 7, 10 – 12, 17, 18
• Plant root crops: 1, 2, 19, 20, 23 – 25, 28 – 30
• Transplant: 1, 2, 19, 20, 28 – 30
• Plant seed beds: 10 – 12, 19, 20
• Plant flowers: 10 – 12, 17, 18
• Kill plant pests: 3 – 5, 8, 9, 13 – 16, 21, 22, 26, 27
• Harvest: 3, 4, 26, 27
• Pick Apples and Pears: 3, 4, 21, 22
• Prune Trees: 19, 20, 23 – 25

May

• Plant above ground crops: 4, 8, 9, 14 – 17
• Plant root crops: 3, 21, 22, 26, 27, 31
• Transplant: 3, 26, 27, 31
• Plant seed beds: 8, 9, 16, 17
• Plant flowers: 8, 9, 14, 15
• Kill plant pests: 1, 2, 5 – 7, 10 – 13, 18 – 20, 23 – 25, 28 – 30
• Harvest: 1, 2, 28 – 30
• Pick Apples and Pears: 1, 2, 18 – 20, 28 – 30
• Prune Trees: 21, 22

June

• Plant above ground crops: 4, 5, 10 – 14
• Plant root crops: 1, 17, 18, 22, 23, 27, 28
• Transplant: 1, 22, 23, 27, 28
• Plant seed beds: 4, 5, 13, 14
• Plant flowers: 4, 5, 10 – 12
• Kill plant pests: 2, 3, 6 – 9, 15, 16, 19 – 21, 24 – 26, 29, 30
• Harvest: 2, 25, 26, 29, 30
• Pick Apples and Pears: 24 – 26
• Prune Trees: 17, 18

July

• Plant above ground crops: 2, 8 – 11, 14, 15
• Plant root crops: 1, 16, 19 – 21, 24 – 26, 29
• Transplant: 1, 19 – 21, 24 – 26, 29, 30
• Plant seed beds: 1, 2, 10, 11, 29, 30
• Plant flowers: 1, 2, 10, 11, 29, 30
• Kill plant pests: 3 – 7, 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 23, 27, 28, 31
• Harvest: 27, 28
• Pick Apples and Pears: 22, 23
• Prune Trees: 16

August

• Plant above ground crops: 4 – 7, 11, 12, 31
• Plant root crops: 30
• Transplant: 15 – 17, 21, 22, 25, 26
• Plant seed beds: 6, 7, 25, 26
• Plant flowers: 4, 5, 25, 26, 31
• Kill plant pests: 1 – 3, 8 – 10, 13, 14, 18 – 20, 23, 24, 27 – 30
• Harvest: 23, 24, 27 – 29
• Pick Apples and Pears: 18 – 20, 27, 28
• Prune Trees: No good days

September

• Plant above ground crops: 1 – 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, 28 – 30
• Plant root crops: 15 – 17, 21, 22, 25, 26
• Transplant: 17, 18, 22, 23
• Plant seed beds: 2, 3, 22, 23, 30
• Plant flowers: 1, 22, 23, 28, 29
• Kill plant pests: 4 – 6, 9 – 11, 14 – 16, 19 – 21, 24 – 27
• Harvest: 21, 24 – 27
• Pick Apples and Pears: 14 – 16, 24, 25
• Prune Trees: No good days

October

• Plant above ground crops: 1, 4, 5, 9 – 11, 27, 28, 31
• Plant root crops: 17, 18, 22, 23
• Transplant: 14, 15, 19, 20
• Plant seed beds: 1, 19, 20, 27, 28
• Plant flowers: 19, 20, 25, 26
• Kill plant pests: 2, 3, 6 – 8, 12, 13, 16 – 18, 21 – 24, 29, 30
• Harvest: 21 – 24
• Pick Apples and Pears: 13, 21, 22
• Prune Trees: No good days

November

• Plant above ground crops: 1, 2, 5 – 7, 10, 11, 28, 29
• Plant root crops: 14, 15, 19, 20, 25, 26
• Transplant: 12, 15, 16, 24, 25
• Plant seed beds: 15, 16, 24, 25
• Plant flowers: 15, 16, 21 – 23
• Kill plant pests: 3, 4, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17 – 20, 26, 27, 30
• Harvest: 19, 20
• Pick Apples and Pears: 17, 18
• Prune Trees: 24, 25

December

• Plant above ground crops: 3, 4, 8, 9, 26, 27, 30, 31
• Plant root crops: 12, 15, 16, 21 – 25
• Transplant: 12,13, 21, 22
• Plant seed beds: 12,13, 21, 22
• Plant flowers: 12,13, 19, 22
• Kill plant pests: 1, 2, 5 – 7, 10, 11, 14 – 18, 23, 24, 28, 29
• Harvest: 18, 23, 24
• Pick Apples and Pears: 14 – 16, 23, 24
• Prune Trees: 21, 22, 25

Source: Farmer’s Almanac