Lunar calendar in the garden december 2023
Here is your lunar calendar for December 2023. Find the best dates for sowing, pruning, maintaining your vegetable patch and your garden. Tune your gardening with the moon to benefit from its energy.
Here's what to do in the garden and vegetable garden following the phases of the moon, in December 2023. On your calendar!
one is December
Flower day (until 10:49 a.m.) then leaf day. Descending moon.
In the morning, if it is not freezing, plant the roses and shrubs with bare roots. Enrich the soil with corn and compost. In the afternoon, force other endives, in the garden or in the cellar. If it's not freezing, plant a hedge of deciduous shrubs.
December 2
Day leaves. Descending moon.
Force other endives, in the garden or in the cellar. If it's not freezing, plant a hedge of deciduous shrubs.
December 3
Fruit day. Descending moon.
Except for frost, plant fruit trees with bare roots. On those already planted, cut the suckers as well as the old branches that are not very productive to ventilate the branches. Remove mosses and lichens and eliminate mistletoe.
December 4
Fruit day. Descending moon. Peak at 6:42 p.m.
Except for frost, plant fruit trees with bare roots. On those already planted, cut the suckers as well as the old branches that are not very productive to ventilate the branches. Remove mosses and lichens and eliminate mistletoe. Choose the morning for gardening.
December 5
Fruit day. Descending moon.
Except for frost, plant fruit trees with bare roots. On those already planted, cut the suckers as well as the old branches that are not very productive to ventilate the branches. Remove mosses and lichens and eliminate mistletoe.
December 6
Roots day. Descending moon.
In mild regions, plant white and purple garlic. Depending on your needs, harvest crosnes, parsnips, Jerusalem artichokes and salsify. Continue preparing heavy soils.
December 7
Roots day. Descending moon.
In mild regions, plant white and purple garlic. Depending on your needs, harvest crosnes, parsnips, Jerusalem artichokes and salsify. Continue preparing heavy soils.
December 8
Roots day. Descending moon. Ascending lunar node at 3:24 p.m.
In mild regions, plant white and purple garlic. Depending on your needs, harvest crosnes, parsnips, Jerusalem artichokes and salsify. Continue preparing heavy soils. Do not garden after 10:15 a.m.
December 9
Roots day (until 7:53 p.m.) then day flowers . Descending moon.
In mild regions, plant white and purple garlic. Depending on your needs, harvest crosnes, parsnips, Jerusalem artichokes and salsify. Continue preparing heavy soils.
December 10
Flowers day. Descending moon.
In mild weather, air the artichokes. In cold weather, check or reinforce the protections.
December 11
Flower day (until 11:17 a.m.) then leaf day. Descending moon.
In the morning, in mild weather, air the artichokes. In cold weather, check or reinforce the protections. In the afternoon, outside the frost period, prune the trees obsolete. Remove dead wood and ventilate the branches.
December 12
Day leaves. Descending moon.
Remove dead wood and ventilate the branches.
December 13
Leaf day (until 9.58 a.m.) then fruit day. Descending moon (until 9:52 p.m.) then rising moon.
Early in the morning, remove dead wood and air the branches. After 10 a.m., if it is not freezing, take the scions of the fruit varieties to be multiplied in the spring. In mild regions, sow broad beans.
December 14
Fruit day. Rising moon.
If it does not freeze, take the scions of the fruit varieties for propagation in the spring. In mild regions, sow broad beans.
December 15
Fruit day (until 4:11 p.m.) then root day. Rising moon.
If it does not freeze, take the scions of the fruit varieties for propagation in the spring. In mild regions, sow broad beans.
December 16
Roots day. Rising moon. Perigee at 6:52 p.m.
Clean tillage or pruning tools, sand wooden handles, wash and sharpen blades so they don't rust. Then, when the vegetable garden plan for 2024 is finalized, buy the necessary seeds as soon as possible.
December 17
Roots day (until 1:46 p.m.) then flower day. Rising moon.
In the afternoon, sow the bégonias warm, in a terrine. Keep them in the greenhouse. You will plant them in the spring.
December 18
Flowers day. Rising moon.
Sow the begonias warm, in a terrine. Keep them in the greenhouse. You will plant them in the spring.
December 19
Flower day (until 5.46 p.m.) then leaf day. Rising moon.
Sow the begonias warm, in a terrine. Keep them in the greenhouse. You will plant them in the spring.
December 20
Day leaves. Rising moon.
If it is not freezing or the crops are sheltered, harvest lamb's lettuce, spinach, head cabbage and Brussels sprouts. At home, sprout lentils and chickpeas.
December 21
Day leaves. Rising moon. Lunar node descending at 1:53 p.m.
If it is not freezing or the crops are sheltered, harvest lamb's lettuce, spinach, head cabbage and Brussels sprouts. Be careful not to garden after 8:45 a.m. At home, sprout lentils and chickpeas.
December 22
Fruit day. Rising moon.
In mild regions, sow round, dwarf or climbing beans and peas. In the South, bring your olives to the mill to extract the oil.
December 23
Fruit day. Rising moon.
In mild regions, sow round, dwarf or climbing beans and peas. In the South, bring your olives to the mill to extract the oil.
December 24
Roots day. Rising moon.
Under frame, sow radishes and carrots. Mix the two seeds. Harvesting the radishes will thin out the carrots. Protect from slugs and if necessary from the cold with doormats.
December 25th
Roots day. Rising moon.
Under frame, sow radishes and carrots. Mix the two seeds. Harvesting the radishes will thin out the carrots. Protect from slugs and if necessary from the cold with doormats.
December 26
Roots day. Rising moon (until 9:50 p.m.) then waning moon.
Under frame, sow radishes and carrots. Mix the two seeds. Harvesting the radishes will thin out the carrots. Protect from slugs and if necessary from the cold with doormats.
December 27
Roots day (until 8:26 a.m.) then flower day. Descending moon.
If it is not freezing, plant roses, shrubs and flowering vines in soil enriched with horn and compost .
December 28
Flower day (until 7:16 p.m.) then leaf day. Descending moon.
If it's not freezing, plant roses, shrubs and flowering vines in soil enriched with horn and compost.
December 29
Day leaves. Descending moon.
In mild weather, aerate crops under shelters . Prune deciduous trees.
December 30
Leaf day (until 9.44 a.m.) then fruit day. Descending moon.
Early in the morning, in mild weather, aerate the crops under cover. Prune deciduous trees. After 10 a.m., if it is not freezing, install the raspberries , cassissiers and currants. Enrich the soil with well-rotted compost and crushed horn.
December 31st
Fruit day. Descending moon.
If it is not freezing, install the raspberries, cassissiers and currants. Enrich the soil with well-rotted compost and crushed horn.
