Hagerstown Almanack Newsletter

MID-ATLANTIC WEATHER WATCH: Dry and mild at first, then warmer with showers and thunderstorms, then turning much cooler and dry (1,2,3,4,5); rain and mild, then much colder with flurries west followed by more rain and milder temperatures (6,7,8,9,10); unseasonably warm with heavy rain then dry and cooler (11,12,13,14,15); chilly at night and warm during the day, then warm and humid with rain and thunderstorms, then cooler and dry (16,17,18,19,20); dry and turning warmer then showers and storms and turning much cooler with a light frost (21,22,23,24,25); turning very warm and dry, then rain and cooler (26,27,28,29,30).

SEVERE WEATHER WATCH: The Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack sees high winds (3,4,5), hard freeze (7,8), heavy rain (12,13) and another hard freeze (23).

FULL MOON: April’s FULL MOON will occur on April 12^th. Many Native American tribes referred to it as FISH MOON because the fishing starts to improve as the weather warms up. It also has been called PINK MOON because of the many pretty flowers that begin to display their bright pink hues as they bloom throughout the month.

 

SECIAL NOTES: April Fool’s Day falls on Tuesday, April 1^st in 2025. Watch out for practical jokes and pranks that may be coming your way from family, co-workers, and even your friends! Tax Day is Tuesday, April 15^th. Always remember that if you need more time to file, request an extension using the form found at www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4868.pdf. Earth Day is observed on Monday, April 22^nd. Check out The Earth Day Network, at (202)518-0044, and at www.earthday.net offers some interesting, fun, and easy activities that you and your family can do that will help promote a healthier relationship with our fragile Mother Earth! Arbor Day falls on Wednesday, April 30^th. Go to www.arborday.org/ for more on The Arbor Day Foundation’s mission, which focuses on helping others understand and use trees as a solution to the many global issues we face today that include air quality, water quality, a rapidly changing climate, deforestation, poverty, and hunger.

 

HOLIDAYS: Easter Sunday falls on April 20^th in 2025. Celebrate the resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, by attending the church of your choice and enjoying a fine meal with family and/or friends

THE GARDEN: Set out annuals and other perennials now. Cool season vegetables, such as spinach, lettuce, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, and beets can be planted as soon as the soil can be worked. A good test of “soil readiness” is to take a handful of soil and squeeze it. If it remains in a ball, it’s too moist and should be allowed to dry further. If it crumbles, start planting! Begin planting indoor seedlings outdoors. Harden them off first with several short days outside under cover.

THE FARM Best days for planting root crops (19,20); weeding and stirring the soil (29,30); planting above-ground crops (4,5); harvesting all crops (16,17,18); to set hens and incubators (5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21); the slaughtering and butchering of meats (1,2,3,27,28,29,30); transplanting (1,2,3,27,28,29,30);harvesting and storing of grain (20,21,22,23,24,25,26); weaning of animals and livestock (16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24).

Gardens are for all ages: the young for hope of the future, the elderly, for fond memories of the past, and for those in between, the rewards of a good life, now.   


     

                                                                                    

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