Here’s some wyrd and wonderful photos of Nature in time for All Hallows’ Eve. Happy trick-or-treating this evening …
Scary Spidies and Wyrd ‘Shrooms
Category: Homesteading
Our Adventures
The Colors of Autumn
This fall the colors of the leaves are absolutely intense, blazing with glory. I just had to share a few pics …
Permaculture Design Project Update
Here we are three years later, and I’m updating the map for the permaculture design project at Tir Ceòlmhor.
Fall’s Here and Winter’s A-Comin’
For Winter is a coming in
And Summers’s gone away-O.
(inverted twist on “Hal an Tow” lyrics by Damh the Bard)
The Legend of John Barleycorn
Here’s an article that I wrote for the 2023 Lughnasadh edition of the Òran Mór Celtic E‐Zine that looks into the Scottish legend of John Barleycorn and the traditional songs associated with it.
Lughnasadh on the Homestead Remixed
As we spiral through the cycles of the seasons on our homestead, Lughnasadh comes to us as a time of balance … between sacrifice and blessing, hard work and reward, safety and danger.
Hard Work and Great Beauty
After three years of drought, the rains of spring have brought an incredible intensity of life to our homestead… plants flourishing in variegated shades of green, flowers blossoming in profusion, and the bushes bending heavy with fruit. As we work hard to harvest the crop and complete projects before the coming of winter, it is wonderful to stop for a little while and enjoy the great beauty of Nature around us.
Hawthorn: The May Tree
The Hawthorn, a tree that displays a prolific splendour of white or pink flowers at the beginning of May, is known by a variety of different names, such as “The May Tree“, “The Beltane Tree“, “The May Blossom“, “The Whitethorn“, “The Quick“, or simply the “May“.
Bringing Home a Tractor
We finally did it!! We bought ourselves a little tractor and figured out how to get it to our homestead!
Writing Poetry
I’ve been reading a lot of Irish mythology in the last little while. Looking at the English translations of the Old Irish (Gaelic), it is easy to see that many of these stories were once oral poems (probably originally translated from Proto-Celtic by the Christian monks). That got me to thinking about poetry …