tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28403347.post1963545501833438633..comments2023-10-18T06:04:22.270-05:00Comments on Random musings of a deco lady: Ruling DaysBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08018172805489963981noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28403347.post-18869879402225998502008-12-27T04:33:00.000-06:002008-12-27T04:33:00.000-06:00Cora, do track it and let me know if the Ruling Da...Cora, do track it and let me know if the Ruling Days work for you. I'm not certain that it works in all climates, so will be interested to hear your results.<BR/><BR/>My grandfather always said you had to have your potatoes in the ground by Valentine's Day. Now he was gardening in north Louisiana, so the soil was plenty warm for that. Where I garden at our farm in TN, I'm about 2-3 weeks behind him. I usually try to plant potatoes by the 1st of March.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08018172805489963981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28403347.post-49630512615362027512008-12-26T09:54:00.000-06:002008-12-26T09:54:00.000-06:00I did not know this and I just love discovering bi...I did not know this and I just love discovering bits of folklore - especially Southern! I am going to record our weather in southern Illinois and see if it holds true this year. And, I'm passing this on to my dad, the family gardener, as he is into this kind of thing too. One of his folklore traditions is planting his lettuce on Valentine's Day, at least when he can get to the soil through the quagmire of mud and/or snow.Corahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137074563075103990noreply@blogger.com