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August 2016 Full Sturgeon Moon Pepper Pickling

Posted in esbat, garden, Other, tagged anaheim, canning, full moon, green tomatoes, hot peppers, jalapeno, onions, peppers, pickling, serrano, shishito, Sturgeon moon on August 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »

SLPS gathered on Sunday, August 21, 2016 to pickle prolific peppers picked perkily. A great full moon activity, which is known as the sturgeon moon in August when sturgeon’s were most easy to catch during the moon. The society garden has been producing many peppers with jalapeno, shishito, anaheim, and serrano being the more abundant. Thai, tabasco, habanero, and ghost peppers have yet to yield.

A whole bucket was picked, with onions, garlic, green tomatoes, and tomatillos from the garden being added to the mixture, which contained the jalapeno, shishito, anaheim, and serranos. Honey and water were used to dilute the mixture and give it a slightly sweeter taste. 22 pints were produced, close to 3 gallons of pickled peppers!

August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, bucket of peppers, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, April Love processing peppers, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, canning set up with mixture, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, Ashton Longhurst (l) and April Love filling jars, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, jars ready to be canned, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, processing jars, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, finished jars, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, completed mixture, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Lughnasadh 2016-Bountiful Harvests!

Posted in Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged ale, anaheim, apricot mango jam, apricot oregon grape jam, baquieu lettuce, beer, Charleston SC, cock candles, cornmeal muffins, dill, first harvest, garden harvest, garden pickings, gullah, gullah stewed squash, homemade jam, John barleycorn, Lammas, Lugh, lughnasadh, Moab Brewery, okra, onions, oregano, parsley, plum apricot jam, plum jam, Salt Lake Pagan Society, serrano, shallots, shishto, tomatoes, Wyld, yellow summer squash on July 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

SLPS met under cool sky, warm earth, and to the sounds of crickets in the late July evening to celebrate Lughnasadh, the first harvest, and honor the Celtic God Lugh on Saturday, July 30, 2016. The altar was set, adorned with seasonal items, cock candles, corn, nude Lugh painting, and flowers. The fruits of the first harvest, the Society garden, were presented before the Gods. The harvest included: baquieu and romaine lettuce; onions; shallots; shishito, serrano, and anaheim peppers; okra, yellow squash; parsley, oregano, and dill herbs. Four types of jam from the fruit trees that have produced from the garden: apricot mango, apricot oregon grape, apricot plum, and plum (plums from the red plum trees on the curb). The Society is greatly blessed to have such harvests from the Good Earth Mother, Gaia. All the hard work of the garden has paid off!

Homemade cornmeal buttercream cupcakes were made by member Stesah Bowden. Wyld Extra Pale Ale and Moab Brewery Dead Horse Amber were the drinks of choice for John Barleycorn, who is burned as an offering from the wheat/corn to the gods at this time. Without the god Lugh, Lughnasadh is celebrated at Lammas, as a holiday of thanksgiving surrounding the first of three harvests that happen in August, September, and October.

The members meditated to the song “Lammas” on the album Circle of the Seasons by Lisa Thiel. The members went around afterwards in a circle and offered up thanks for all the things the were grateful for in life, lending that energy to the overall gratitude of the harvests.

The feasts including sauteed yellow squash with bacon, onions, and shallots (a traditional Gullah/Charleston, SC recipe by Daniel Cureton who hails from that part of the world), BBQ-ed ribs, and chicken mole enchiladas.

Lughnasadh 2016, altar, Saturday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Lughnasadh 2016, harvests of the Society garden l to r: baquieu and romaine lettuce; yellow squash; anaheim, serran, and shishito peppers; okra; shallots; onions; parsley, dill, and oregano herbs. Saturday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Lughnasadh 2016, altar with harvests l to r: romaine lettuce, yellow squash, anaheim, serrano, and shishito peppers; okra; tomatoes; shallots; onions; parsley. Saturday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Lughnasadh 2016, cornmeal and buttercream muffins, Saturday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Lughnasadh 2016, fruit jam from fruit tree harvests l to r: apricot mango, apricot oregon grape, plum, and plum apriocot, Saturday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Lughnasadh 2016, April Love lighting south candle, Saturday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Lughnasadh 2016, l to r: Ashton Longhurst, Daniel Cureton, and April Love, Saturday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Lughnasadh 2016, preparing sauteed squash with bacon, onion and shallot (from garden), Saturday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Lughnasadh 2016, feast: chicken mole enchiladas with guacamole, ribs with mustard bbq sauce, and sauteed squash, Saturday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016

Posted in esbat, garden, moons, nature, tagged anaheim, anchio, artichoke, baquieu lettuce, basil, brandywine tomato, butter lettuce, cabbage, Caribbean, chipotle, Corn, De Milpa, dill, druidry, earth worms, full moon planting, garden, gardening, gardening by the moon, ghost pepper, granny green tomato, habanero, heirloom variety, jack be little pumpkin, jack o lantern, jalapeno, japanese eggplant, jarrahdale pumpkin, jumping spider, june bug, keystone giant, lacewing fly, lemon drop, Millcreek Gardens, moon planting, non GMO, okra, organic garden, peppers, pimento, pumpkins, purple tomatillo, roly poly, serrano, shallots, shishito, Society garden, spiders, tobasco, tomatoes, Traces Nursery, verde, watermelon, Yellow Husk, yellow onion, yellow summer squash, yellow tomatillo, zebra tomato on May 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The members of SLPS met on Saturday, May 21-Monday, May 23, 2016 to plant the second Society garden over the full moon. The ground was weeded, turned, and manure was added. This year the garden doubled in size, so more work was to be done and more time given to the Earth. Thankfully the rain softened the sand and only the crab grass fought back. Monday evening, after all the hard work, the starter plants from Millcreek and Traces gardens were planted under the light of the moon.

This year the society planted: corn, okra, Japanese eggplant, red watermelon; Jack-o-lantern, Jack-be-little, and Jarrahdale pumpkins; artichoke, shallots, Walla Walla sweet yellow onion, baquieu and butter lettuce, cabbage, yellow summer squash; De Milpa, Verde, and Yellow Husk tomatillo; dill and basil; Granny Green, Zebra, and Brandywine tomatoes; Armenian cucumbers; Giant Marconi, Habanero, Tobasco, Anaheim, Anaheim Chili, Serrano, Chipotle, Pimento, Ghost, Lemon Drop, Anchio, Caribbean, Shishito, and Keystone Giant peppers. The total cost this year being $300 for the plants and supplies.

Some good insects were spotted, a few spiders egg sacks and one jumping spider. Earth worms and roly polies were plenty. A few June bug larve and lacewing flies were seen. A test of the soil revealed that the sandy earth is a neutral, neither acidic or alkaline, perfect for all types of plants!

Society Garden Planting 2016, l to r: Ashton Longhurst, Camille Harris, Stesha Bowden Saturday, May 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, April Love, Saturday, May 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, l to r: April Love, Camille Harris, Stesha Bowden, Saturday, May 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, spider with egg sack, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, earth worms, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, Lauren Holman (l) and Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, jumping spider, Monday, May 23, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, Ashon Longhurst (l) and Lauren Holman, Monday, May 23, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, watermelon and pumpkins, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, okra, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, pepper plants, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, artichoke, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, celery, Wednesday, May 26, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, pepper, melon, pumpkin and okra patch, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, corn, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, yellow summer squash, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, romaine (bottom), baquieu, and butter lettuce, cabbage (top), Wednesday, May 26, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, leeks, Wednesday, May 26, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, eggplant (left), shallots (right), tomatoes (top, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, shallots (left), tomatoes (top left), Armenian cucumbers (middle top), tomatillos (middle), yellow onions (right), Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden Planting 2016, view of patch by fence looking south west, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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New Society Garden Planted

Posted in garden, Other, tagged anaheim, bell peppers, blue berries, butternut squash, cantaloupes, cilantro, collard greens, Corn, cucumbers, dill, gardening, grapes, green living, jalapeno, onions, oregano, salt lake city, Salt Lake Pagan Society, society garden 2015, sustainability, tabasco, tomatillo, tomatoes, utah, vegetables, watermelon, yellow squash on June 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Blessed Be the Good Earth Mother and all her fertile soil. The new society garden has been planted and blessed this past week of May 24-31, 2015. Daniel Cureton, Ashton Longhurst, April Love, and Gwen Allen with the house dog Freyja worked hard over the last week to weed, turn the soil for roots, add manure, plant the crop and water the garden. “It was back breaking work. Most of it was the weeding with hoes and turning the soil with the cultivating forks, that took the whole week.” Said Ashton Longhurst. Gwen Allen commented “my African blood was pumping strong. We were out there working like slaves! Real strong, I was feelin akin to the brothas and sistas from home in the Deep South workin the plantations”

The planting on Sunday morning went quickly and easily after the hard work was done. It was done over night and in the early morning hours so that the society members wouldn’t be bothered by the bees. All included are: bell, Anaheim, Tabasco and jalapeno peppers, tomatoes, tomatillo, corn, oregano, cilantro, parsley, butternut squash, yellow squash, cucumbers, Georgia collard greens, cantaloupe, watermelon, a blue berry bush and a grape vine. President Daniel Cureton gave a druid blessings on the land “May the fire of life Nwyfre come up at this point and give life and fertility to everything present.”