Hi, Pat. Although I don’t know for sure, for general canning of any fruit or vegetable, I believe that our astrologer, Celeste Longacre, looks at factors such as the dark of the Moon and when the Moon is in the water signs of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. Your friend can find Celeste’s recommended dates for the best days for canning, pickling, and making sauerkraut in our Best Days table. For both the 2021 and 2022 print editions of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, that is on page 226. Some of the upcoming dates can also be accessed here: https://www.almanac.com/bestdays/timetable.
The table of the Moon’s astrological place each day (what astrological sign the Moon is in) can be found on page 225 of both the 2021 and 2022 print editions.
To access the complete Best Days and Moon’s Astrological Place tables for the year 2022, your friend can purchase a digital version of the 2022 Almanac at: https://store.almanac.com/online-edition-2022 (US edition. There is also a Canadian edition available). The print edition of the Almanac is available on Amazon.com, as well as at her local stores; she can visit https://www.almanac.com/wheretobuy and put in her zip code to find local retailers that offer The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
Hope this helps! Thank you for your interest in The Old Farmer’s Almanac!
Hi, Pat. Although I don’t know for sure, for general canning of any fruit or vegetable, I believe that our astrologer, Celeste Longacre, looks at factors such as the dark of the Moon and when the Moon is in the water signs of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. Your friend can find Celeste’s recommended dates for the best days for canning, pickling, and making sauerkraut in our Best Days table. For both the 2021 and 2022 print editions of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, that is on page 226. Some of the upcoming dates can also be accessed here: https://www.almanac.com/bestdays/timetable.
The table of the Moon’s astrological place each day (what astrological sign the Moon is in) can be found on page 225 of both the 2021 and 2022 print editions.
To access the complete Best Days and Moon’s Astrological Place tables for the year 2022, your friend can purchase a digital version of the 2022 Almanac at: https://store.almanac.com/online-edition-2022 (US edition. There is also a Canadian edition available). The print edition of the Almanac is available on Amazon.com, as well as at her local stores; she can visit https://www.almanac.com/wheretobuy and put in her zip code to find local retailers that offer The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
Hope this helps! Thank you for your interest in The Old Farmer’s Almanac!