morning, the twelfth of april
dark furrow
old knowledge preserved
early spring
the soil warms. the light returns longer each day.
what was sleeping is not sleeping anymore.
late spring begins in 4 days.
cool and damp. the kind of morning that smells like turned earth.
the moon is waning crescent, 22% lit.
the sun rose around 5:36 am and sets around 6:24 pm.
12h 48m of daylight today. +2.2 minutes from yesterday.
the old dark furrowfills with rain and waits for warmthsomething stirs below
the morning is for doing. the afternoon is for bearing it. ❧ test your soil if you have not in two years. lime takes months to work. ❧ marigolds, to walk out with the tomatoes later ❧ early spring work is preparation. the season is not asking you to rush. it is asking you to be ready.
the best time to transplant is early, before the sun is high. ❧ ground beetles under boards and stones, let them be, they eat slugs ❧ lettuce and spinach, scatter them, they forgive ❧ the moon is in its last quarter. pull weeds, turn compost, cultivate the soil. this is a killing time, good for destroying what you do not want. the weeds will not come back as fast.