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Gardening by the Moon
May 20th - May 21st
Excellent Time For Planting Corn, Beans, Peppers, And Other Aboveground Crops. Favorable For Sowing Hay, Fodder Crops, And Grains. Plant Flowers.
Excellent Time For Planting Corn, Beans, Peppers, And Other Aboveground Crops. Favorable For Sowing Hay, Fodder Crops, And Grains. Plant Flowers.
Current Moon Phase
Waxing Gibbous, 84% of FullLong Range Weather
May 20th - May 23rd
- Northeast U.S.
Sunny.
- Midwest/Great Lakes U.S.
Heavy rains.
- Southeast U.S.
Fair weather.
- North Central U.S.
Turning unsettled Colorado and the Plains.
- South Central U.S.
Gusty winds, showers sweep east across Southern Plains; stormy weather Texas, Oklahoma.
- Northwest U.S.
Turning stormy for Washington and Oregon east.
- Southwest U.S.
Unsettled for Utah; gusty winds and showers from California east.
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