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March 2022
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 you.
- Old Irish Blessing
Mid-Atlantic Weather Watch: Snow, wind (1, 2, 3); fair, breezy and colder (4). Dry, turning warmer (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) with showers, then windy and colder, with flurries, snow showers in the west (10); dry truing milder (11, 12, 13, 14, 1, 16, 17) with more showers, wet snow in the west, then turning sharply warmer (18, 19, 20). Again, dry very mild (21.22.23) with again more showers, then breezy, colder with flurries (24); cold early, late day showers (25) turning milder with scattered rain showers (26, 27, 28, 29); rain, thunderstorms in the east with wet snow and wind in the west (30, 31).
Severe Weather Watch: The Almanack sees Heavy Snow, High Wind (1, 2, 3) with Severe Thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic Region on the 30th.
Full Moon: March’s Full Moon for will occur on the 18th. It has been called Worm Moon by many tribes of Native Americans because of the abundance of earthworms beginning to appear because of the softening of frozen soil from the warming temperatures. It has also been called Sap Moon because sap would begin to rise and run during this time of year.
Special Notes: Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 13th. Don’t forget to reset all of your clocks and watches when you ‘spring’ ahead an hour at 2 a.m. EST. The Vernal Equinox will occur Sunday, March 20th, which is considered the first day 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: Shrove Tuesday falls on March 1st, Ash Wednesday is observed on March 2nd, and the First Sunday in Lent is March 6th. And in honor of St. Patrick on Thursday, March 17th, 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. It’s time to start tomatoes, lettuce, and many other vegetable seeds indoors. And do try to plant your peas on St. Patrick’s Day!
The Farm: Best days for planting root crops (18, 19, 20); weeding and stirring the soil (9, 10); planting above-ground crops (11, 12, 13); harvesting all crops (23, 24, 27, 28); setting hens and incubators (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25); slaughtering/butchering meat (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9); transplanting (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9); harvesting and storing grain (1, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 0, 31); the weaning of all small animals and livestock (1, 2, 3, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30).
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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