The Almanac

Average temperature: High 85, Low 65

Rainfall: 2.73 inches

1. Moon phases

Full moon: Oct. 6

Last quarter: Oct. 13

New moon: Oct. 21

First quarter: Oct. 29

2. Moon sign planting dates

Above-ground crops: 1, 4, 5, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 31

Below-ground crops: 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18

Control weeds: 2, 3, 10, 11, 29, 30

Prune trees and shrubs: 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25

Time to plant

3. Vegetables: Beet, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, collards, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, onion, peas, potato, radicchio, radish, rhubarb, roquette, rutabaga, spinach, strawberry, Swiss chard and turnip

4. Flowers: African daisy, alyssum, angelonia, ageratum, begonia, black-eyed Susan, blue daze, calendula, candytuft, celosia, chrysan

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