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Moon Gazing: Gardening with the Moon in March
March is the month when we can really start to manifest our garden dreams. The days are getting noticeably longer, and the air and soil temperatures are starting to warm up. The Spring Equinox is on 20 March 2024. The day when day and night are of equal duration and you should gather your friends...Continue reading→
Jobs – Work with us
When we have opportunities, we will list them here. About Us Earth Pathways is a small eco publishing Cooperative based in Derbyshire since 2008. We celebrate the work of artists and writers who share a deep love for the land and a desire to live with appreciation and responsibility for this beautiful planet. We publish...Continue reading→
The Wild Maple Peace Grove… Endings and Beginnings
We are very excited to tell you about something wonderful that is happening on February 3rd in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Earth Pathways is planting a Peace Grove of 50 native trees in collaboration with the Wild Maple Trust. Any nearby Earth Pathways readers who would like to come along to the event are welcome to join...Continue reading→
Moon Gazing: Gardening with the Moon in February
Have you ever noticed how many of our early wildflowers making an appearance after Imbolc are pale in colour? Think of the white snowdrops and the pale-yellow hazel catkins. It’s as if these flowers are quietly announcing nature’s first stirrings, and the gentle return of the light before we get the brighter coloured flowers of...Continue reading→
Moon gazing: Introducing Claire’s Gardening with the Moon
This blog is published at the 2023 Winter Solstice and in the Northern Hemisphere this is when Winter starts, when we have the shortest days and the longest night. Not long after that, the Moon reaches fullness just after midnight on the 26th December - at 00:33 on 27th December. The December Full Moon is...Continue reading→
Moon-gazing: The Mourning Moon
Consider the leaf piles and the broken branches that accumulate after the first winter storms. These dead plants may benefit creatures that we cannot see and will decay and disappear from sight. There will be transformation. By bacteria, mushrooms, worms, mosses, by time … they are no longer ours. We can let go of our...Continue reading→
Most at home in green spaces
All my life, I have felt most at home in green spaces. Nature is my family—living beings in relationship with each other and with the Earth. So much of life exists because of the mutual support we call symbiosis. My work as a herbalist connected me deeply to nature, feeling awe and reverence for the...Continue reading→
Moon Gazing and Gardening by the Moon in October 2023
Full Moon Moments: Hunter's Moon and Seed Fall Moon The names for this Full Moon relate to the preparations for winter in the Northern Hemisphere and, since all endings contain the seeds of the next cycle, there are essential preparations for Spring. Hunter's Moon is the Anglo-Saxon name for this Full Moon as this is...Continue reading→
Moon-gazing: The Harvest Moon
Full Moon Moments and Gardening by the Moon About the Harvest Full Moon While other names for this Full Moon are the Singing Moon, Song Moon, Wine Moon and Barley Moon, mainly this Full Moon is named the Harvest Moon. This is the only Full Moon name that is tied to the Equinox. The Harvest...Continue reading→
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