Farming rules for the garden - the most important wisdom presented

"Thunderstorms in May bring many fruits!" - This is one of many farmer's rules. We have put together the most important ones for the garden here.

Farming Rules are based on centuries of observations made by farmers and gardeners, passed down in rhyme from generation to generation. These rhymes had the advantage that people could more easily remember the individual pawn rules.

These are usually subdivided according to the seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter), but also according to each individual month. At the same time, many peasant rules are associated with saints. However, some rules are also subdivided according to certain topics, such as gardening. And it is precisely these special pawn rules that we would like to deal with here.

Year-Round Farmer's Rules for Gardening

Keep these Farmer's Rules in mind while you work, surely it could have some rewarding effects on the blooming of the flowers and the harvesting of the garden crops. After all, people have sworn by these rules for a very long time. So there must be something to it.

In January only a little snow hurts seeds, meadows and trees!
The frostier January, the friendlier the whole year!
January must crack if spring should laugh!
If February is dry and cold, March will be warm soon!
Fog in February, cold all year round!
After Candlemas it can be winter, the faster spring will come.
A lazy, damp March is the gardener's pain!
If you see yellow flowers outdoors in March, feel free to sow your seeds!
If it rains a lot in March, the harvest will bring little blessing!
When April makes a spectacle, there is grain and hay in all its glory!
The earlier the blackthorn blooms in April, the sooner the gardener goes to harvest!
Rain on Walburgis Night always brought a good year.
A cool May is highly respected´, has always brought a good year!
If May is cool and wet, the farmer's barn and barrel are filled!
Thunderstorms in May bring many fruits!
If June is warm and wet, there will be a lot of corn and even more grass!
A lot of thunder in June brings a cloudy summer.
Must in Julyfry with heat, what should be advised in September!
If August brings a lot of thunderstorms, the winter will be cold and bitter!
August rain works like poison when it hits our grapes!
A fine September rain is always convenient for the gardener!
When the spiders crawl in September, they already smell winter!
If October brings a lot of rain, it's a blessing for the garden!
October snow hurts people and animals!
As November has flown by, so comes May!
If the water freezes in November, it will be even wetter in January!
If it's lightning and cracking in November, next year the gardener will be laughing!
Cold December and fruitful year are united forever!
A mild December with lots of rain is really not a blessing for the harvest!
Christmas in the snow, Easter in the clover!

Pawning Rules for Specific Occasions

➤ Easter:

If there was rain on Good Friday, a dry but fruitful year follows!
Good Friday sunshine, bring us a rich harvest!
If Palm Sunday is a bright day, that may bode well for summer!

➤ Ice Saints:

You're not safe from night frost if Sophie isn't over!
Pankraz and Servaz are two evil brothers. For what spring brought, they destroy again!
Pankraz, Servaz and Bonifaz are only making way for summer!