Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon Our new pack Kona, Vega, Rigel + Gertie has begun to calm down. There are fewer tense circling moments, fewer snaps and growls. Life with dogs has its rhythms, just like life with humans. Vega, … Continue reading
Spring ( it even looks like spring today!) Waning Bee Hiving Moon This morning or early this afternoon I pull the grass out of the entrance reducers and the bees will be free to navigate from their new home. Tomorrow … Continue reading
Lughnasa Waning Grandchildren Moon Kate and I have shifted our bedtimes and risings to 6:30. This allows us to get out to work in the garden when it’s still the cool of the day. This morning Kate continued to restore … Continue reading
Summer Waning Strawberry Moon After weeding Kate and I took off for lunch–at Benihanas, not nearly as good as our own, much closer, Osaka–and a visit to Lights on Broadway. A bit of dithering about where the order was, where … Continue reading
Beltane Waning Planting Moon Almost all of the seeds and transplants have gone in the ground with the exception of succession plantings of beets, lettuce and carrots. I have butternut squash to plant and that will go in today. After … Continue reading
Imbolc Waxing Wild Moon At this time of year gardeners begin to develop x-ray vision, seeing through the snow, ice and frozen soil and imaging the greening. Those of us who rely on memory more than paper try to envision … Continue reading
79 bar steady 29.84 2mph E dew-point 57 Summer, sunny and warm Waxing Gibbous Thunder Moon The garden. When I refer to the garden in these posts, it is a term of compression. It would be more accurate to refer … Continue reading
70 bar steady 29.82 6mph SE dew-point 54 Summer, cool and sunny Waxing Gibbous Thunder Moon The storm has passed and the air shines, cleared of dust. Clarity is a July morning after a rain. The lilies open more and … Continue reading