night, the eleventh 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 5 days.
still cold enough to frost. the season is not settled yet.
the moon is last quarter, 35% lit.
the world is turned away from the sun.
12h 46m of daylight today. +2.2 minutes from yesterday.
fog lifts from the creekrevealing green where there wasnothing just last week
regulus, the heart of the lion, was another of the four royal stars of persia. it marked the summer solstice four thousand years ago. the name means "little king," and in spring it rules the high sky. ❧ spring remedies are about waking up. the body has been indoors too long. bitter greens and sharp roots shake the dust off. ❧ the big dipper stands nearly upright, its handle pointing down ❧ the garden is working without you now.
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. ❧ violet leaf tea, mild and green. good for coughs that linger from the cold months. ❧ the worm moon is coming or just passed. some called this the crow moon, for the sound that breaks the silence at the end of winter. the sap moon, because the maples are running. the ground is unlocking. ❧ a halo around the moon means rain within three days. ice crystals in the high clouds bend the light.
the onion snow. a light snow that falls when the wild onions are up. it comes and goes in a day. the ground is too warm to hold it.