Planting Signs
Scope and Content Note: A neighbor of the Hilgendorf family planted crops that grew above ground by the full moon, and those that grew below ground by the new moon. Other neighbors used almanacs to plant by, but Mr. Hilgendorf's father used neither moon nor almanac. Instead, he planted “when the land was fit.” People commented on the neighbor who used the moon: “He should go with his moon, The moon is in the sky, not on the ground.”