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May 17th , 2008
Posted on Tue, 20 May 2008 14:36:49 by Aaron
Moon in Libra, moving into Scorpio.
Im in Boulder for Kan’Nal rehearsal, but my thoughts are constantly to and with the land. Awakening this morning I feel the need to at least outline a basic plan and flow of action. Not that I must stick to it, as working spontaneously with what arises in the moment to be done is quite a pleasure. But also having a solid list and plan to fall back on when needed.
First a general brainstorm:
Ø Get rocks.
Ø Dig Ponds, swales, terraces, new house area.
Ø Plan and research the ponds, swales terraces. Lay them out on the landscape.
Ø Clean out new Zone one garden or old wood and debris.
Ø Clean out shed for wood storage and make it more efficient and useful.
Ø Start fencing for chickens.
Ø Find the domestic water line to the chicken house, so I can excavate and chisel plow around it without breaking it.
Ø Buy cover crops for the new garden and plant them.
· Nitrogen group
· Daikon
· Flower crop
Ø Start a plan for the layout and flow of the garden.
· Upper terrace
§ Partial sun and shady areas.
§ Features: Cherry tree, pear tree, small volunteer cherry, curly dock.
§ This would be a nice nook/hang out area, tuck in some more beds around the edges, grow vines on the chicken fence.
· Middle terrace
· Lower terrace
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Ø Rip out some asphalt from the garden area.
Ø Design and plan a greenhouse for the front of the house.
Ø Design and plan the new house.
Ø Figure out how to divert the extra irrigation water through the new garden and through to the ditch.
· Modify the box, so overflow water goes also into another 3” pipe that travels with the current 2’ and runs with it.
· This would also be useful to fill the west pond.
· At the bottom of the property there would need to be a pipe installed under the road leading across the other property to empty into the Farmers ditch. Before they pave the road would be a good time to install this.
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May 20, 2008
Posted on Tue, 20 May 2008 14:37:13 by Aaron
Moon 3rd Quarter: in Sag.(tropical) Scorpio (sidereal Vedic)
Had a nice full moon ceremony with lots of love and intentions for the health and harmony of the land here. Also a celebration of Buddha’s birthday, continuing the intention of living “awake”
On the trip home from Boulder Arlyn and I put for the intention of opening up our extra room for someone or a couple to live and do work exchange on the land, or just rent for money to invest back into the project. It would be fun to have the right people helping out here.
Just researching again the tropical vs. sidereal astrological differences. It is an interesting choice to attempt to plant by the moon if the different systems place it differently. It either leaves a lot of room to chose which sign I want the planting to be. Or as I am more inclined for accuracy and precision, finding the times when both systems are true and using those moments for planting.
Interestingly yesterday when I was putting in a big planting push to be before the full moon when it was in Scorpio, the moon was actually in Scorpio for both systems. There isn’t a wide range of time that both systems are true, about 6 degrees out of every sign, because there is about 22-23 degrees difference. So it is really measurable in hours that they both are true. Right at the end of a tropical zodiac sign – its last 6 degrees, the moon will be in the first 6 degrees of that same sign in the Sidereal zodiac.
Today I am tired and feeling the need to catch up on sleep. But it was exciting to see my Hopi squash up, popping out of the ground over the full moon. The Indian rice grass which is in cold stratification also shows some germination. I haven’t looked at the seeds in sand, but the ones I left in a mason jar, mostly stuck to its sides are coming to life. Its time to plant them in containers. My plan is to create small bunches and transplant them into position in a few weeks. I like the glass jar method because it lets you see exactly which ones are beginning to sprout. I want to make a large patch of Indian rice grass somewhere, maybe up by the hackberry grove., as well as placements throughout the property.
Adriana’s fig tree needs repotting, and it seems a good time as the full moon passes and the energy returns to the roots. So giving it a nice big pot to fill into will be good.
I also started clearing the area for the new garden, moving out the brush and organizing the wood shed, so the current jam of wood can have a place to go. Clearing that area is phase one of the project I am planning to use the tractor to form the landscape a bit, then do a sub-soil rip, till, fertilize and plant a cover crop. . Theoretically that will be the last time that the land is worked with a machine. At this point I will need to build a fence to exclude the chickens from that land for the rest of the summer/fall. It is an option at this time to install the infrastructure for a deer fence, so that they can be excluded as well. I’m not sure about that yet. There is also the idea of doing a purely machine free, regeneration on the soil, just for the experience of it, but I am not leaning toward that option. There is one domestic water line running through that area which I need to locate. Also part of the process will be removing some of the excess asphalt from the extended driveway, and finding some way to dispose of it. Once the cover crops are in, that area will just take watering and continuing landscape/rock work through the summer and fall. Then some bed preparation and fall/winter planning, probably in cold frames.
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My Summer Home...
Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:37:09 by Aaron
 I love sleeping in it and waking up to the sunrise over the mountains!
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