Uncle Willie and Zodiac Farming

Farmer holding a hoe in a field at sunset, illustrating Uncle Willie's zodiac farming traditions

Willie enjoyed farming and was usually the first person to have his fields worked up each spring. He was a believer in the use of signs of the moon and zodiac in his farming and ranching. He planted, harvested, cultivated, everything by the signs. When he was dying I asked him if he would mind … Read more