Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for March 19, 2013

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200 year old wisdom today

Sponsored by Monsanto.

Following up olddog1:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon

Full moon names

The full moon, as observed from Earth on a clear night.It is traditional to assign special names to each full moon of the year, though the rules that determine the name for a given month’s full moon has changed over time (e.g., the blue moon). An ancient method of assigning names is based upon seasons and quarters of the year. For instance, the Egg Moon (the full moon before Easter) would be the first moon after March 21, and the Lenten Moon would be the last moon on or before March 21. Modern practice, however, is to assign the traditional names based on the Gregorian calendar month when the full moon falls. This method frequently results in the same name as the older method would, and is far more convenient to use.

The following table gives the traditional English names for each month’s full moon, the names given by Algonquian peoples in the northern and eastern United States, other common names, and Hindu.10

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From the Old Farmer’s Almanac:January 26th Full Wolf Moon 11:38 pmFebruary 25th Full Snow Moon 3:26 pmMarch 27th Full Worm Moon 5:27 amApril 25th Full Pink Moon 3:57 pmMay 25th Full Flower Moon 12:25 amJune 23rd Full Strawberry Moon 7:32 amJuly 22nd Full Thunder Moon 2:16 pmAugust 20th Full Sturgeon Moon 9:45 pmSeptember 19th Full Harvest Moon 7:13 amOctober 18th Full Hunter’s Moon 7:38 pmNovember 17th Full Beaver Moon 10:16 amDecember 17th Full Cold Moon 4:28 am

Didn’t format very good, but there they are.(I make my own calendar every year, and I put the moon names on there. (I work a rotating 12 hour schedule))

Farmers Almanac by Monsanto…

The full moon and spring that close together causes verbosity.

“Better living through chemistry”. ?

Am I the only one who picked up on the irony of reading the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” on a smartphone?

Better call Gene on this one.

Oh, The Old Farmer’s Almanac does not either say that!

Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the equinox.

@ treesareus ~ Of course humans have tinkered with crossbreeding, hybridization, and grafting of plants in their quest to domesticate wild plants for agriculture. Archeological evidence indicates that humans began cultivating corn over 9,000 years ago and those pioneer geneticists were not only patient, but brilliant, in creating a nutritious, high-yield, and easily harvested food crop! But there’s a vast difference between that and gene-splicing animal/fish/insect DNA into domesticate plants destined for human consumption. The term “Frankenfoods” is an apt descriptive of the results of this type of genetic modification of plants! I don’t suffer from brumotactillophobia (fear of food touching/mixing with other foods), but I do prefer my corn not contain fish DNA and would rather enjoy a buttered cob separate from my broiled haddock.

Should be called the New Farmer’s Almanac. (Thinking of the Genetically Modified corn. Smart phone comment good, too.)

Am I missing something? “EDT”???

Basically the purpose of GE crops is to contaminate a real farmer’s field and then sue them for patent infringement and take away their livelihood. Corporations are above the law – and still not people.