This is Maxx, the resident print production specialist. Last summer, Toby and I ran a survey asking customers about their experiences with the calendar. One of the questions we asked was about the lunar transit bar, something which has featured in Caren's calendar from day one and sets Gardening by the Moon apart from other [...]
I spent a week in January 2023 holed up in a cabin deep in the snow near the St Lawrence Seaway, going through all the monthly planting information Caren had given us when we took over, as well as a milkcrate full of gardening books, and compiling it all into a massive spreadsheet. I love [...]
It wasn't a surprise to me when people started writing, wanting advice on growing herbs. Herbalism and the moon just go together. And beside that, so many people can't afford the doctor, or feel that their doctor isn't listening to them, at the same time that returning to a more natural way of living is [...]
We did update all of the daily moon pictures, including adding new pictures for each eclipse type, as well as lightening the background around the moons to make it easier to read, and to write your own notes, but that's not what I want to focus on here. I think how good it looks [...]
Last year, we added eclipse information to the calendar and this year, we've incorporated the eclipses into our gardening advice. Over the last year, I had the time to consult different sources looking for any information surrounding how eclipses impact lunar gardening and every source I found agreed—no gardening! Eclipse days have been left blank, [...]
Something that I first heard about from Rowen White, and which really informs my gardening now, is the generational relationship between plants and the people they nourish and who nourish them in turn. This relationship is particularly apparent with the annual food and medicine plants we save the seeds of. Whether our dormant season is [...]
There's a lot of talk lately (on podcasts, on social media, at conferences, on the labels of food...) about different kinds of agriculture. All-natural. Permaculture. Regenerative. It seems like every few years, there's a new word, or a new meaning to an old one. Whatever you call your method, taking a long view of your [...]
I haven't talked about this in connection with the calendar yet, but I'm physically disabled with several chronic conditions. Prior to becoming ill, I've always worked intensely physical jobs—farmhand, dog trainer, line cook, bicycle taxi, preschool teacher—and starting Wolf Hill Press has been part of my adjustment out of that lifestyle. Being in pain all [...]
Hi friends! It might look like I've been inactive online lately, but offline I feel like I've barely stopped moving for two months. It's been overall a slow spring here, but with occasional quick jumps in weather. March was snowy and windy and then almost overnight it was 70°F and the snow had all melted. [...]
I took a whole bunch of seedling measurement last night, and even though it's barely a month in, I have some good data to share with you all. From my notes for Monday, April 3: Pincushion Flower/Scabiosa – Two Plantings The first batch was planted on March 4 with the moon second quarter in Leo [...]
