evening, 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.
cooling fast once the sun drops. a jacket you almost left behind.
the sun set around 6:23 pm.
the moon is waning crescent, 29% lit.
there were 12h 46m of daylight today. +2.2 minutes from yesterday.
fog lifts from the creekrevealing green where there wasnothing just last week
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. ❧ 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. ❧ spring remedies are about waking up. the body has been indoors too long. bitter greens and sharp roots shake the dust off. ❧ violets, leaves and flowers both. the flowers candy well with sugar.
the last of the stored apples, baked with butter and cinnamon ❧ 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. ❧ water now if the soil is dry. the night gives it time to soak.
the last light is the best light for seeing what the garden actually looks like, without the glare. ❧ 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.