morning, 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.
cool and damp. the kind of morning that smells like turned earth.
the moon is waning gibbous, 63% lit.
the sun rose around 5:40 am and sets around 6:20 pm.
12h 39m of daylight today. +2.3 minutes from yesterday.
fog lifts from the creekrevealing green where there wasnothing just last week
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. ❧ herbs in small pots on a warm sill ❧ the best time to transplant is early, before the sun is high. ❧ 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. ❧ slugs. the eternal problem. beer traps or copper tape or acceptance. ❧ sharpen your tools now, before you need them. a dull hoe is punishment. ❧ lettuce and spinach, scatter them, they forgive