Last night we headed out for a moonlit bush walk.
On Sunday, when the moon was full, as I was heading off to bed and the house was quiet and dark, I stood looking out of the window into the backyard. The silver light was bright and clear, the shadows deep and long. It was beautiful. So last night as the moon began to wane we headed through the bush and up the hill to gaze and smile. Truly beautiful. Did you see it wherever you were?
We try our best to plant by the moon and after checking our charts this morning today seemed like a good time to head to the plant nursery. In early Autumn we started a herb spiral in the garden by the kitchen door. So far we've planted angelicum, a blueberry, chamomile, cat mint, dill, echinacea and fever few. Today we gathered and planted some foxgloves, garlic, geraniums, hyssop, hollyhocks and bush iris. We hope to have a a thriving kitchen and medicinal patch by the back door come Spring, with some colour for the bees and butterflies. We then had to get inventive with wire and stakes to keep those ever curious free ranging girls of ours and their scratching feet at bay. I love how they follow our movements around the garden hoping for the odd tasty morsel from our diggings in the soil.
... and for the birds this Winter, a small bird feeder. I'm not sure how many different birds we'll attract with our chook food and backyard berries.
warmly
~Cxo~
