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March 2025
"May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer."
-Old Irish Blessing
Mid-Atlantic Weather Watch: Chilly with a rain and snow mix, then dry and milder with more rain on the 5th; (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);occasional periods of rain then dry and seasonably mild (11, 12, 13, 14, 15); rain, then very warm and dry, a few showers and then becoming dry and seasonably cooler (16, 17, 18, 19, 20); few showers, then turning sharply colder and brisk with snow showers; dry by 20th (16, 17, 18, 19, 20); still windy, then calm with showers, dry and turning warm after the 22nd (21, 22, 23, 24, 25); seasonably mild with occasional rain (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
Severe Weather Watch: The Town and Country Almanack sees high winds on the 21st and 22nd.
Full Moon: March’s Full Moon for 2025 will occur on the 14th. Many Native American tribes called it Worm Moon due to the abundance of earthworms that would appear when the earth starts to soften. It also has been referred to as Sap Moon because sap would rise and run during the month due to the warming temperatures throughout the month.
Special Notes: Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins on Sunday, March 9th. Don’t forget to ‘spring’ ahead an hour at 2 a.m.. The Vernal Equinox will occur Thursday, March 20th and signals the beginning of Spring! The Almanack suggests that you "Go fly a kite" during this very windy month. Check out some of these classic designs you can make at home at wwww.my-best-kite.com/how-to-build-kites.html.
Holidays: Ash Wednesday falls on the 5th, the first day of Lent. And don’t forget that St. Patrick falls on Monday, March 17th, so be sure to wear something green and festive!
The Garden: Get started early if the weather allows. Test your soil for pH to see if any amendments are necessary. A general rule of thumb is to add 4 lbs. of lime per 100 sq. ft. of garden for every pH point below 6.5, or 1 lb. of sulfur per 100 sq. ft. for every pH point above 7.5. Sawdust, composted oak leaves, wood chips, peat moss, cottonseed meal, and leaf mold lower the pH while ashes of hardwoods, bone meal, crushed marble, and crushed oyster shells raise the pH. Prune trees and vines but stay away from birch and maples as they often bleed sap at this time of year if pruned.
The Farm: Best days for planting root crops (15, 16, 22, 23, 24); weeding and stirring the soil (6, 7); planting above-ground crops (8, 9); harvesting all crops (20, 21, 25, 26); setting hens and incubators (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, , 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22); slaughtering/butchering meat (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 29, 30, 31); transplanting (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 29, 30, 31); harvesting and storing grain (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28); the weaning of all small animals and livestock (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28).
J. Gruber’s Thought For Today’s Living
"It is often true that the more one learns, the more one realizes how little one knows"
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