The Almanac

Average temperature: High 90, Low 72

Rainfall: 5.76 inches

1. Moon phases

Full moon: Sept. 1

Last quarter: Sept. 14

New moon: Sept. 21

First quarter: Sept. 29

2. Moon sign planting dates

Above-ground crops: 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30

Below-ground crops: 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21

Control weeds: 4, 5, 13, 14

Prune trees and shrubs: 1, 9, 10, 17, 18, 27, 28

Time to plant

3. Vegetables: Early plantings include lima bean, snap bean, corn, cucumber, eggplant, pepper, southern pea, rhubarb, squash and tomato; end-of-the-month crops include broccoli, cabbage, celery, collard, endive, lettuce, mustard, onion, radish, strawberry and turnip

4. Flowers: Ageratum, angelonia, begonia, blue daze, butterfly weed, cat’s whiskers, celosia, cleome, coleus, core

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