Connecting Harvest to Planting and More PSG Planning

This blog entry is about planting season, a ritual I did connecting last year's harvest with this year's planting, and general gardening stuff.

My Ritual Connecting Seasons

Planting season has begun... well, for me anyway.  I have a habit of always planting super late, so this year I decided to do the opposite of that and plant way too early instead.  So I've already direct-sown the seeds for those plants that are more cold tolerant... and a couple that may or may not be, but which I have enough seeds from that I can re-plant them if things get frosty again.

I didn't save my seeds last year, so instead of connecting last year's harvest to this year's planting by planting those seeds I did a ritual using the corn stalks I grew last year.  I built a little fire out of them on my garden bed, used it to bless this year's seed packets, and then distributed the ashes to the other three beds.

Oh, there are huge plant sales going on right now, too, so I got another tea plant, one that is much larger and healthier looking than my other tea plants (although I do love my little tea plants!).  I got another, larger coffee plant, too.

Tea Plants in a Windowsill

Pagan Spirit Gathering is coming up really soon so our planning is now full force.  In addition to my girlfriend, one of my best friends is likely going now, so I'm planning out whether or not he will be able to fit in the same vehicle (with a drive that long, it doesn't make sense not to at least try not to take two cars).  I'll probably need to get something to store things on top of the car, but we shouldn't need a whole lot of extra space since we'll all be creating a campsite together and can share a lot of our amenities.  I'm intending to go by my Pagan name this year which is a little hard when so many people already know me as my mundane name, but... my mundane name is a great one, I did choose it after all!

Oh, I also ordered the supplies for my two children's workshops!  They should be here in a couple of days and then I'll get them all prepared for the little ones.  I have great interest in undergoing the Men's Rite of Passage this year and am hoping it doesn't conflict (of course, it's only like three hours, so it could work out anyway).  I might talk more about the Men's Rite of Passage and how that fits into where I am in my transition now later, as it's been on my mind with all the surgery preparations.

Anyway, happy trails,
-- Setkheni