Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon Mark and I transplanted hemerocallis (daylily) from the tiered gardens in the back to a front bed defined by a bur oak now in its 17th year and a Norway pine equally old. What we’re doing is gradually filling in spots on our grounds that seem to always require weeding, […]
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Beltane Waning Last Frost Moon The last day of May. Where do the good times roll? This morning Mark and I worked on digging holes in a front bed (Mark) and digging, weeding and dividing hemerocallis, then transplanting them (me) into the holes dug in the front bed. Hemerocallis (day lilies) are the blue collar […]
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Lughnasa Waxing Harvest Moon All afternoon as I have wandered the precincts of Enlightenment thought a pileated woodpecker has drilled one of the dead trees in our woods. The sound compels attention, a drummer of a truly ancient tribe with a steady and resonant sound. Each time it comes I’m drawn away from the abstract […]
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78 bar rises 29.99 4mph N dew-point 56 sunrise 6:03 sunset 8:34 Lughnasa Waxing Crescent of the Corn Moon “The rest of the beans will dry on the plants!” Kate said yesterday, her brow perspiring from work over a hot pressure canner. Yes, the beans produce and produce and produce. Canned green beans now stock […]
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