Unless you are angry while planting peppers, they will not grow. Vegetables which ripen underground should be planted in the dark of the moon. When peach trees are blooming is a good time to plant tomatoes. When the moon is on the wane, plant your potatoes and they will do well. While wearing your night clothes, plant cucumbers on the 1st of May, before the sun comes up, and they will not be attacked by bugs.
Wild parsnips are poisonous.
You can secure long or large cucumbers by planting them on June 21st, the longest day of the year. You can secure a good crop of peas and full pods, if you plant the seeds in the full moon. You can secure large potatoes by planting them in the morning between the hours of nine and twelve. You must never plant onions near potatoes, because the onions wil get into the eyes of the potatoes and make them cry. You will dig up a large crop of fine potatoes, if they are planted on St. Patrick's Day.