The moon and growing things
The common belief that the waxing and waning moon governed growth, so that seeds sown as the moon grew would grow with it.
What to do on the farm each month
Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (edition of 1580), in the reprint edited by W. Payne and S. J. Herrtage (London, 1878) · 1580 edition; first printed, as a hundred points, in 1557
feb.4
Sow pease (good trull)
the Moone past full.
Fine séedes then sowe,
whilst Moone doth growe.
Sow peas, good girl, when the moon is past full. Then sow fine seeds while the moon grows.