Hunter Moon Homestead Journal
This time of year, we gather up the large purple fruit that comes with a natural wax coating called bloom. The bloom makes them look like they are covered in a filmy white powder. The insides of the fruit are a beautiful golden yellow with a deep red color between the skin and the flesh of the fruit. What a beautiful color combination all of this makes! To have found mature fruit trees, even though in need of some TLC, was a happy discovery.
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The first tomatoes are coming on in our greenhouse this month. We had such a cold and wet spring, I knew that we would go from cold to hot in July. The tomato plants in the garden are covered with yellow star shaped flowers and are still weeks away from producing edible fruit. The green house has been a real game changer for us in our short growing season. This simple salad is one you can do for your own heirloom variety of tomato or ones you can get from your farmers market or grocery.
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Have any of you ever wondered why we don't consider the month of April to be the true beginning of the new year? Spring, in my thoughts, is the birth of life and nature, and it feels so much like coming out of the slumber and rest of winter. In the spring our energy rises up with a renewed vigor to begin a new year, a new cycle, a new refreshed point of view.
When we have a full moon, it is an opportunity, every month to work with the opposing energies of the sun and the moon. Pisces energies are internal, subterranean, spiritual, intangible, ethereal. The Virgo energies are pragmatic, grounded, tangible, detailed, in service to other. During this full moon, we are being asked to integrate this seeming dichotomy. What opposites teach us, if we are willing to see the lesson, is that identifying with one extreme leads to imbalance. Walking the middle road between the extreme, leads to a more balanced point of view.
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Our interests and beliefs are formed from our life experiences and so no group or organization will give you everything you need to feel completely supported in connection with it. It might even be highly beneficial for us to have our beliefs challenged at times. It can be too easy to not question our beliefs to see if they truly match our evolution. It may be good to consider other points of view and to question if our “truths” actually came from our own unique knowingness, or if our minds have been indoctrinated by family, friends, or community.
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