Great planting days coming by week's end

Good afternoon fellow gardeners! Today and through most of Aug. 9 we find the dark moon in force, the full moon having officially arrived on Sunday night, July 25. Throughout this period you should be planting – if you are planting – only those veggies that produce beneath the ground, and that simply means that what you eat develops below the soil line.

According to the signs of the zodiac, today and Wednesday are ruled by Aquarius (the legs), one of the so-so signs, followed by three days under the influence of Pisces (the feet), one of the most fertile signs. The best days to plant this week will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 29-31, with the moon in the dark phase and the sign in Pisces.

Again, just be aware of first-frost date in whatever zone you're planting. You don't want to spend the time and money on something that's going to get zapped before it makes it to harvest.

Yours in good gardening!