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Latest post Garden Planning

Plant Garlic This Fall: Timing, Depth and the Moon

Garlic is the one crop you plant as the garden winds down. When to put it in for your zone, how deep, which type — and the waning-moon windows for fall 2026.

September 29, 2026 · Read →
Garden Planning

Running a Fall Garden: Frost Isn't the Deadline — Daylight Is

Everyone circles the first frost date — but frost only ends one tier of crops. The real stop is the day daylight drops under ten hours and growth halts.

September 14, 2026 · Read →
Garden Planning

What You Can Still Plant This Fall (and What You’ve Already Missed)

A fall planting date is not a date, it is a countdown from your first frost — and most September lists are already three weeks out of date. What is still open?

September 9, 2026 · Read →
Moon Gardening

The Harvest Moon 2026: What It Actually Is, and What to Do That Week

What makes September 26 the Harvest Moon, why it rises at nearly the same time three nights running, and the garden jobs that belong in that week.

September 5, 2026 · Read →
Self-Sufficiency

Saving Your Own Seeds: Where to Start (and What to Skip)

A plant that makes next year's garden for free — if you save the right way. The five easiest crops to start with, and how to keep the seed alive.

August 25, 2026 · Read →
Moon Gardening

Fall Garden Prep, by the Moon: What to Sow Now and What Can Wait

Late summer is secretly the year's second planting season. Here's what to sow now for a fall harvest — and how the waxing and waning moon sort the jobs for you.

August 25, 2026 · Read →
Garden Planning

Companion Planting for Beginners: What Actually Works (and What's Just Folklore)

Some companion-planting advice is tested science; a lot of it is folklore copied from chart to chart. Here's what works — and how to time it by the moon.

August 12, 2026 · Read →
Moon Gardening

Planting by the Moon: Your First Month

You don't need to believe in magic to garden by the moon — you need a rhythm. Here's a simple first lunar month, phase by phase.

July 31, 2026 · Read →
Our Story

Why Moon Phase Garden Is Free, Ad-Free, and Private

Most apps want your data before they'll give you a seed. We built the opposite. Here's the thinking behind free, ad-free, and private by default.

July 30, 2026 · Read →
Foraging

Five Wild Edibles to Learn First (and the Look-Alikes to Fear)

Start with plants that are hard to get wrong — and still learn the dangerous doppelgängers. Five forgiving foods and the warnings that go with them.

July 29, 2026 · Read →

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