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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Is “Moon Gardening” Legit

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Education, Home & Garden, How To, Leisure

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

We’re not talking about gardens full of nighttime pollinator plants. We’re talking about coordinating growing with the 28 day moon cycle. What goes into moon gardening, and how can you practice it at home? Editor of the Farmer’s Almanac, Carol Connare explains here.
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Carol Connare is the editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac, an annual publication devoted to growing and knowing. She is the 14th editor in the publication's history and only the second woman to hold the post. She is an avid gardener of flowers, herbs, and vegetables.
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0:00.0

If you're ever spent a hot day on the garden and then gotten dehydrated at the end of the day,

0:04.3

congratulations, you're me.

0:05.8

I do that all of the time until the last couple of months or so when I started using Electrolytes,

0:10.6

which brings us to the sponsor of today's episode,

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Element.

0:14.6

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0:19.0

the outdoors, and if you don't like mixing it in, they also have sparkling waters.

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0:25.8

My favorite flavor is their raspberry salt,

0:28.6

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0:31.8

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0:34.8

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0:40.0

Gardeners for sure, like I said I've been using them for a couple months now, and maybe

0:44.0

SEALs, and athletes, and anyone who wants to make their hydration a priority.

0:48.6

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