jīngzhé – hibernating insects awaken
Earth aerated
Category: Gardening
Ash Wednesday
Coming out of hibernation and walking the garden dreaming and scheming digging up carrots, hands in fine compost
February/March Moon gardening
Aquarius lunation – Water bearer – purifying & nourishing the earth 11th feb – 12th march. Equivalent to 3.30 – 5.30am. Stirrings. Birds singing & nesting Dreams turning into plans. Roots pushing down establish foundations Prepare the ground. First week. Friday 12th – Friday 19th. New moon – waxing crescent Equiv to midnight to 6am Read more about February/March Moon gardening[…]
Bitter Winds
And frozen earth
Sunday Sadness
Reflections in the window of the bare tree. shocks me. Autumn is really just around the corner. Always a source of joy for me. but this year I have embraced the heat far more, I have really sought it out, welcomed it on my skin taken it inside me,Now it wanes. But I love the Read more about Sunday Sadness[…]
The spiky plant at the heart of the display
The spiky plant at the heart of the display It’s rigid blades of leaves, barely quivering in the wind, have been said to have sliced off a mans fingers. They are brown tipped dagger points And look as if they could have been dipped in blood. There lies the pain at the heart of the Read more about The spiky plant at the heart of the display[…]
More than just Weeds
BBC R4 – Open Country – Green Pavementshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000lf9v
Goddess of the dry spell – Danna Faulds
This spring and early summer were unusually wet in our part of the Shenandoah Valley. It rained and rained, resulting in lush lawns and uncommon garden growth through the first part of August. Now though, we are in a dry spell. I spend the first part of every morning out in our vegetable garden with Read more about Goddess of the dry spell – Danna Faulds[…]