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First Harvest or the Festival of Lugh (light) is near. The Festival of Lugh is a celebration of Life and Passing. The hours of daylight grow shorter. The crops planted with hope and skill, weeks and months earlier, are beginning to ripen and make themselves available for our table. The Wheel of the Year continues to turn and Life's eternal evolution rolls along.
The tomatoes on my balcony are growing well .Several weeks will pass before they are ready to be eaten. The balcony bean plants,Jacob's cattle, are doing better than expected. Nasturtium flowers have already added their beauty to several salads. Today all is cool and grey. When the Sun manages a peak through the fleeing storm clouds, we feel his strength.. If it rains, later this evening, it will be a good end to a hot and mostly dry week. Seeking rain, on the Friday night of a long weekend , is not a popular practise. However, without the rain, supper is much harder to come by. Successful farming or backyard gardening is cooperative. The farmer or gardener works with the Earth, with Air, with Water and with Fire, father Sun, himself. This cooperative way of working generates wealth because it produces a bountiful Harvest. Surplus is exchanged. The exchange may be a trade, a barter, a cash payment or a donation. What matters is that the surplus is not hoarded but redistributed through fair and transparent means. What goes around, comes around. Harvest festivals keep us in tune with the natural workings of our world, both on the macro and the micro scale. Cooperation is how we build the communities we want to live in and provide for ourselves, our families, our neighbours and our future. All Life matters. Spend time with friends. Be sure to eat something that was grown localy, share what you can.. It may be from your garden or a friend's or family members. Or a local farmer. Food and celebration belong together. Enjoy and happy gardening. Resources: plight://www.echoedvoices.org/Jul2002/Lughnasadh.html Go To Page: 1
The copyright of the article Elemental Food in From Field To Table is owned by Bob Ewing. Permission to republish Elemental Food in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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