And here comes autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Letting go The trees are about to tell us how good it can be to let things go, and you can put those fallen leaves to good use by collecting them up to make leaf mould. You can just pile them up against a sheltered…
Singing Moon, Harvest Moon, or Wine Moon Wine Moon, Song Moon, and Barley Moon. Moon Phases for Wirksworth, England, United Kingdom in September 2024 New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Third Quarter 3 Sep 02:55 11 Sep 07:05 18 Sep 03:34 24 Sep 19:49 September heralds in cooler nights as we head towards autumn, but…
In August the Full Moon has many names. This is when seeds are ready to be harvested so this is the Grain Moon and the Corn Moon. The summer storms that you see crackling over the landscape give their name to the Lightning Moon. The wildest ancient Celtic name given to this month’s Full Moon…
The air and soil temperatures (and the light levels) in your garden will be high in July. This means that everything should be growing well, including the weeds! Set aside the days when there are no beneficial influences coming to Earth from the cosmos, days when it’s best to avoid any sensitive work with plants…
June is the month when you can really start to reap the rewards for all your hard work in Spring. Crops are ready to harvest, flowers are filling the garden with scent and colour and, if you’ve adopted a wildlife friendly approach, your garden will be full of bird and insect guests. If you intend…
The soil and air temperatures have usually warmed up by the middle of the month and all the tender plants can safely go outside so May is often the busiest month for UK gardeners. It’s always worth planning, and keeping an eye out, for any late frosts. The May Full Moon is known as the…
April is usually one of the busiest months in the garden. To avoid that feeling of overwhelm with all that needs to be done I’ve found that planning tasks around the Moon rhythms can really help me to organise myself. The Solar Eclipse always happens at the new Moon: 8th April 2024 The UK will…
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…
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…
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…