dawn, the eighth 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.
cold still, but softer than last month. fog in the low places.
the sun rises around 5:40 am.
the moon is waning gibbous, 65% lit.
12h 39m of daylight ahead. it sets around 6:20 pm.
fog lifts from the creekrevealing green where there wasnothing just last week
violets, leaves and flowers both. the flowers candy well with sugar. ❧ early spring foraging is mostly greens. the land is generous before the heat comes, offering what the body needs after a long winter of stored food. ❧ a grey dawn after a red sunset means the fair weather is holding. trust what the sky told you last night. ❧ lettuce and spinach, scatter them, they forgive
herbs in small pots on a warm sill ❧ the old farmers were already up. ❧ 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.