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WINTER (North)
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Fruits/Vegetables: Alfalfa, Apples, Burdock, Carrots,
Garlic, Pumpkins, Sprouts, Squash, Winter Squash
Herbs and Related:
Alfalfa,
Nettles,
Dandelion,
Plantain,
Sunflower seeds
Rose Hips,
Protein:Alfalfa/Nettle Tea
Oils:Sunflower Seeds, Corn, Peanuts, Olive Oil, Canola Oil
Infused Herbal Oils:
Garlic Oil
Winter Oil
December
Full Moon 2009 Dec 2 07:33 Wed -The Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon - Snow Moon (Cherokee) - Peach Moon (Choctaw) - Twelfth Moon (Dakotah Sioux) During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low Sun.
Blue Moon 2009 Dec 31 19:15 Thu
Winter Soltice Dec 21
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Poultry Care
Nettle Garlic Acetum Tonic
Dried Alfalfa, Alfalfa Tea, Nettles, Nettles Tea, Plantain seeds, Rosehips, Dried apples, Pine needles
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January
Full Moon 2010 Jan 30 06:19 Sat - Full Wolf Moon - Cold Moon (Cherokee) - Cooking Moon (Choctaw) - Moon of the Terrible (Dakotah Sioux) Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January's full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon.
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Poultry Care
Nettle Garlic Acetum Tonic
Dried Alfalfa, Alfalfa Tea, Nettles, Nettles Tea, Plantain seeds, Rosehips, Dried apples, Pine needles
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February
Full Moon 2010 Feb 28 16:40 Sun - Full Snow Moon - Bony Moon (Cherokee) - Little Famine Moon (Choctaw) - Moon of the Raccoon, Moon When Trees Pop (Dakotah Sioux) Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February's full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult.
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Poultry Care
Nettle Acetum Garlic Tonic
Dried Alfalfa, Alfalfa Tea, Nettles, Nettles Tea, Plantain seeds, Rosehips, Dried apples, Pine needles
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SPRING (East)
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Herbs and Related:
Chickweed,
Nettles,
Dandelion,
Plantain,
Garlic
Protein: Earthworms
Minerals: Sunflower & Oat sprouts
Calcium: Crushed Eggshells, Turnip Greens,
Lamb's Quarters,
Collard greens, Spinach, Mustard greens, Kale
March
Full Moon 2010 Mar 30 02:28 Tue - Full Worm - Windy Moon (Cherokee) - Big Famine Moon (Choctaw) - Moon When Eyes Are Sore From Bright Snow (Dakotah Sioux) As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter.
Vernal Equinox Mar 20
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Poultry Care
ACV/Garlic Tonic
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April
Full Moon 2010 Apr 28 12:21 Wed -Full Pink Moon - Flower Moon (Cherokee) - Wildcat Moon (Choctaw) - Moon When Geese Retrun in Scattered Formation (Dakotah Sioux) This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month's celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.
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Poultry Care
Native spring herbs on range
ACV/Garlic Tonic
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May
Full Moon 2010 May 27 23:09 Thu - Full Flower Moon - Planting Moon (Cherokee) - Panther Moon (Choctaw) - Moon When Leaves Are Green, Moon To Plant (Dakotah Sioux) In most areas, flowers are abundant everywhere during this time. Thus, the name of this Moon. Other names include the Full Corn Planting Moon, or the Milk Moon.
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Poultry Care
Native spring herbs on range
ACV/Garlic Tonic
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SUMMER (South)
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Fruits/Vegetables: Blackberries, Carrots, Cherries, Collard Greens,
Elderberries, Endive, Garlic, Spinach, Sprouts, Squash, Strawberries, Raspberries, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes,
Turnip Greens
Herbs and Related:
Chickweed,
Nettles,
Dandelion,
Plantain,
Garlic
Protein: Earthworms
Minerals: Sunflower & Oat sprouts
Calcium: Crushed Eggshells, Turnip Greens,
Lamb's Quarters,
Collard greens, Spinach, Mustard greens, Kale
June
Full Moon 2010 Jun 26 11:32 Sat - Full Strawberry Moon - Green Corn Moon (Cherokee) - Windy Moon (Choctaw) - Moon When June Berries Are Ripe (Dakotah Sioux) This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry!
Summer Solstice Jun 21
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Poultry Care
Nettle/ACV/Garlic/Calcium Tonic
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July
Full Moon 2010 Jul 26 01:38 Mon - The Full Buck Moon - Ripe Corn Moon (Cherokee) - Crane Moon (Choctaw) - Moon of the Middle Summer (Dakotah Sioux) July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another name for this month's Moon was the Full Hay Moon.
August
Full Moon 2010 Aug 24 17:06 Tue - Full Sturgeon Moon - Fruit Moon (Cherokee) - Women's Moon (Choctaw) - Moon When All Things Ripen (Dakotah Sioux) The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because, as the Moon rises, it appears reddish through any sultry haze. It was also called the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon.
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Language of Nature
Molting
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FALL (West)
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Fruits/Vegetables: Apples, Arugula, Burdock, Carrots, Garlic, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Spinach
Herbs and Related: Alfalfa,
Nettles,
Dandelion,
Plantain,
Sunflower seeds
Rose Hips,
September
Full Moon 2009 Sep 4 16:05 Fri - Full Harvest Moon - Nut Moon (Cherokee) - Mulberry Moon (Choctaw) - Moon When The Calves Grow Hair (Dakotah Sioux) This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice the chief Indian staples are now ready for gathering.
Autumal Equinox Sep 22
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Poultry Care
ACV/Garlic Tonic
Watermelon, Cantelope, Cucucumber seeds & meat
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Language of Nature
Molting
Increased nutrients for animals building reserves for winter
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October
Full Moon 2009 Oct 4 06:11 Sun - Full Hunter's Moon - Harvest Moon (Cherokee) - Blackberry Moon (Choctaw) - Moon When Quilling and Beading is Done (Dakotah Sioux) With the leaves falling and the deer fattened, it is time to hunt. Since the fields have been reaped, hunters can easily see fox and the animals which have come out to glean.
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Poultry Care
Fall Natural Wormer+ Apples, + Sunflower Seeds
ACV/Garlic Tonic
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November
Full Moon 2009 Nov 2 19:15 Mon Thu - Full Beaver Moon - Trading Moon (Cherokee) - Sassafras Moon (Choctaw) - Moon When Horns Are Broken Off (Dakotah Sioux) This was the time to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another interpretation suggests that the name Full Beaver Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively preparing for winter. It is sometimes also referred to as the Frosty Moon.
Soup Making - Harvested Vegetables, Meats, Herb Roots, Meat Bones
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Poultry Care
ACV/Garlic Tonic
Dried Alfalfa, Nettles, Plantain seeds, Rosehips, Dried Apples, Pine needles
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