morning, the ninth 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 7 days.
cool and damp. the kind of morning that smells like turned earth.
the moon is waning gibbous, 52% lit.
the sun rose around 5:39 am and sets around 6:21 pm.
12h 41m of daylight today. +2.3 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. ❧ the moon is waning. harvest what is ready, cut herbs for drying, prune what needs shaping. the energy is drawing inward. what you cut now heals faster. ❧ when smoke from the chimney falls instead of rising, a low pressure system is moving in. finish your planting before it arrives. ❧ early spring work is preparation. the season is not asking you to rush. it is asking you to be ready.
pull early weeds while they are small. they are easier to kill than to forgive later. ❧ marigolds, to walk out with the tomatoes later ❧ lettuce and spinach, scatter them, they forgive ❧ aphids arriving early on new growth. not friends. the ladybugs will handle it.