Beltane Full Flower Moon The full flower moon rises tonight on beds full of daffodils, tulips, snowdrops and small blue flowers whose name I don’t recall. The furled hosta leaves that come up in a tightly packed spiral have begun to uncurl. Dicentra have full leaves now, though no flowers yet. A few iris have […]
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60 bar rises 30.07 2mph N dew-point 59 sunrise 7:06 set 7:00 Autumn Waning Crescent of the Harvest Moon rise 5:12 set 6:05 Today and tomorrow will be full gardening days. There are bulbs to plant: daffodils, hyacinths, snow drops, many tulips and garlic. Sprinkler heads need coaxing. Mulch sits over at the Anoka County […]
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86 bar steady 29.66 2mph SSE dew-point 56 sunrise 5:55 sunset 8:43 Summer Waning Crescent of the Thunder Moon “Frisbeetarinism is the belief that when you die your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.” George Carlin, RIP OMG! Picked another Cherokee Purple tomato. It weighs 1.5 pounds. That’s quite a tomato. These […]
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82 bar falls 29.66 1mph E dew-point 73 sunrise 5:55 sunset 8:43 Summer Waning Crescent of the Thunder Moon Dead headed the lilium today, their bloom period is almost past. Buddhists say flowers get their beauty from their transience. Makes sense. The flower symphony I outlined a few posts ago honors this notion, seeing the […]
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