Lughnasa Waning Harvest Moon Today we moved from conjecture to certainty. The top person at English Gate Academy, Ahmed, e-mailed Mark and said he would write a personal note to the Saudi Embassy asking them to speed Mark’s visa application … Continue reading
Mid-Summer Waning Garlic Moon Today I performed partial hive box reversals in all three colonies. The second hive box of three gets rotated to the bottom and the first or bottom box rotates up to take its place. This means … Continue reading
Fall Waning Back to School Moon Before the Vikings game on Sunday I made two chicken pot pies, whole pies filled with chicken, vegetables and a thickened vegetable broth made in the process. These are my second and third meat … Continue reading
Lughnasa Waxing Back to School Moon Early am picked wild grapes. Kate makes them into a grape jelly. The harvest was not as bountiful this year because we arrived about three weeks late to the banquet. Others had gotten there … Continue reading
Lughnasa Waxing Artemis Moon Up early and out in the garden. This is the way I like it, working in the garden before and during sunrise, a coolness, some damp lingering from the night, stillness carrying only the softest of … Continue reading
Summer Waning Strawberry Moon Hooray for the red, white and blue. That is, the blueberries, the raspberries and the white clover among which I picked them this morning. Worked outside for an hour and a half, moving an outdoor table … Continue reading
Summer Waning Strawberry Moon Nice weather for weeding so I took the opportunity and finally got into the second and third tiers of our back perennial garden. Out go the raspberry canes. Out go the stinging nettles. Out go the … Continue reading
Fall Waxing Blood Moon Out in the garden this morning taking down plants that have finished their labors. Large cruciform vegetable plants grew from the seeds I started inside, but they never developed any fruits. They’re in the compost now. … Continue reading