Fall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Blood Moon<\/p>\n
The hunt takes on a seriousness in the fall, especially in the temperate climates like Minnesota.\u00a0 Even if summer game had kept the family or clan fed then, fall has to do double, even triple duty.\u00a0 It has to feed the family through the fall itself and sustain the family through the leaner winter season.\u00a0 It also has to last into spring, when the animals begin to fatten up again.\u00a0 Yes, this was in the time of the hunter\/gatherers, but their rhythms are ours and in honor of them, consciously or not, thousands go into the woods in blaze orange.\u00a0 This is a ritual as much as it is an activity, a time when we honor the traditions of our ancestors long dead.<\/p>\n
The wild hunt has a particular place in my own developing ge-ology and it relates directly to the hunt as we still know it.\u00a0 The wild hunt rides the skies at all times of the year though you may hear them more in the fall.\u00a0 The wild hunt harvests souls, taking them from bodies as they ride.\u00a0 It is said that if you hear the wild hunt that your time is near.\u00a0 So listen with care to the storms of late fall if you dare.<\/p>\n
Squash vines, tomato vines, left over bean plants, wilted potato plants all went into the compost pile this morning.\u00a0 Now is the time to think about the spring garden, prepare the beds for a new gardening year as this one comes to a close.<\/p>\n
In short summary this was a better year than I thought.\u00a0 We have many potatoes, squash, carrots and a few garlic to last over the winter months.\u00a0 We’ve eaten many meals already from the garden.\u00a0 Kate has conserved tomatoes, grapes, green beans, turnips and greens.\u00a0\u00a0 There are still pole beans to harvest.\u00a0 Even though it was a good year, it is still not where I want it.\u00a0 Next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Blood Moon The hunt takes on a seriousness in the fall, especially in the temperate climates like Minnesota.\u00a0 Even if summer game had kept the family or clan fed then, fall has to do double, even triple duty.\u00a0 It has to feed the family through the fall itself and sustain the family through … Continue reading Fall Tasks<\/span>