morning, the sixth 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.
cool and damp. the kind of morning that smells like turned earth.
the moon is waning gibbous, 82% lit.
the sun rose around 5:43 am and sets around 6:17 pm.
12h 35m of daylight today. +2.3 minutes from yesterday.
the old dark furrowfills with rain and waits for warmthsomething stirs below
if the morning glory closes early, rain is coming. the old farmers read the flowers like a forecast. ❧ early spring work is preparation. the season is not asking you to rush. it is asking you to be ready. ❧ clean and oil the pruners. cut back dead wood from last year's perennials. ❧ lettuce and spinach, scatter them, they forgive
herbs in small pots on a warm sill ❧ 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. ❧ earthworms in the turned soil, the best sign there is