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Society Garden Giving in Abundance

Posted in garden, tagged fruits, gardening, plants, society garden 2016, utah livign, vegetables on August 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The Society garden is growing at full steam, with all the plants producing many fruits and vegetables per week. The pumpkins have vined, the okra flowered with pods, and the peppers giving peppers by the bucket load. Watermelons are growing as well as all the other plants. A small gofer appears to be nibbling on the onions, but SLPS has plans to trap and release!

Society Garden, Daniel Cureton with Lettuce, Friday, July 15, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, watermelon on vine, Friday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, pumpkins, Friday, July 15, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, herbs l to r: parsley, dill and oregano Friday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, Freyja in the pumpkin patch, Thursday, August 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, Cabbage, leeks (right), yellow squash (back), and corn, Thursday, August 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, lettuce and onions (r), Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, cabbage, Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, tomatillos and okra (r), Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, harvested vegetables, Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, bucket of peppers, okra, and tomatoes, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, onions, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, bucket of peppers, Thursday, August 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, bucket of squash, Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, bucket of vegetables, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden, plums (l), tomatoes, and watermelon (r), with April Love, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Growing Strong!

Posted in garden, nature, tagged artichoke, cabbage, Corn, eggplant, fruits, gardening, herbs, leeks, lettuce, nature, okra, onions, peppers, plants, pumpkins, Salt Lake Pagan Society, shallots, society garden 2016, squash, tomatoes, vegetables, watermelon on July 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The society garden is growing strong! A month and a half of growing and many of the plants have bushed, vined, and stalked. Only a couple were lost, one cucumber, one corn, one pepper plant, and some onions. All in all, not so bad! The loss mainly may be due to the gophers or bad starters.

Peppers are coming in, vines on the watermelons and pumpkins have taken off, lettuce is growing high, squash is bushing, corn stalks are about 2 feet high and already show tassels, and onions are getting thick. The society is blessed with many plants and few pests!

Society Garden 2016, artichoke, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, peppers, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, peppers, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, anaheim pepper, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, serrano chilis, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, celery, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, okra, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, watermelon, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, pumpkins, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, pumpkin patch, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, corn, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, yellow squash, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, leeks, cabbage (top) and lettuce (right), Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, baquieu lettuce, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, cabbage, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, view looking down garden with corn (back), squash (back middle), lettuce (middle), leeks (right), and cabbage (front) with April Love, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, square garden area with tomatoes (back), cucumber (back middle), tomatillos (back middle right), shallots (front middle) and onions (right), Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, herbs Parsley (back), dill (cage), cilantro (front left) and oregano (right), Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, view of garden along fence, Saturday, July 2, 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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2016 Society Garden Taking Shape

Posted in garden, tagged cabbage, collard greens, gardening, onions, parsley, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Society garden on March 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Since 2015’s garden was highly successful, the society will be planting a garden for 2016. This year the space with be expanded to included more room for pumpkins, asparagus, garlic, and other heirloom plants of choice by the society members.

SLPS president Daniel Cureton and vice president Ashton Longhurst worked in the evening on Sunday, March 20, 2016 to clean and clear the old dead plants and evaluate the space. Surprisingly, a number of plants survived the winter! A few of the onions, one parsley, oregano, both cabbage plants, and all of the collard greens!

The old dead leaves were plucked off the cabbage and collards and the space cleaned for what is to come. Because some plants went to seed, the society expects to have a few self starters for dill and tomatillo.

Society Garden 2016, collard green survived the winter (with dead leaves removed), Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, onions survived the winter, Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, parsely survived the winter, Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, cabbage survived the winter, Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2016, view of the garden looking south west- Oquirrh mountains in back and Ashton Longhurst (right), Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Mabon Harvests

Posted in garden, Other, tagged bountiful crops, collards, Corn, earth paganism, fruits, Gaia, gardening, healing, Oko, peppers, Society garden, squash, tomatillos, tomatoes, vegetables, watermelons on September 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Many thanks are given, hail the Good Earth Mother Gaia, Orisha Oko, St. Francis, and all other spirits and deities who gave SLPS the bountiful harvests it has enjoyed. The crops have come in for the 2nd harvest season of Mabon. There is still more on the vines! Mostly left are the tomatoes, tomatillos, green beans, a few peppers and a cabbage head along with the melon or two still in the patch. The corn is picked. So more harvest yet that will take us in to the final season of Samhain, the last great harvest of the year.

As for now, the Society garden has been remarkable bountiful, thanks to not just the blessings of the gods but those who worked to put it in, maintain it, and the land spirits who watched over it at night. We give thanks!

Here are the pics from Lughnasadh to Mabon 2015

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Society Garden 2015, collard greens, Saturday, August 22, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, April Love in watermelon patch, Sunday, August 9, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, Corn stalks are taller than Daniel Cureton, Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, Corn stalks are taller than Daniel Cureton, Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, first harvest offerings, Sunday, August 9, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, second harvest, Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, big harvest, Sunday, September 4, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Harvests Upcoming with 1st Harvest Holiday of the Year-Lughnasadh

Posted in garden, Other, tagged fruits, garden 2015, gardening, Late summer 2015, lughnasadh, Salt Lake Pagan Society, SLC, Society garden, utah, vegetables, watermelon on August 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The society garden has grown remarkable well! The land has been bountiful and fertile. August is expected to bring bountiful harvests, just in time for Lughnasadh, the firs great harvest time of the year.

July has provided much sun and heat for considerable growth. Here is an update as to the state of the garden. Many fruits and vegetables are near ripping and will be ready for pickin in the dogs days of August. Gaia has blessed us this year to grow organically from our own hands and to promote the real Earth working. Getting back to our ancestors of agriculture, the simple joys of growing and feeling the soil in your hands as you care for these creatures. This is the real meaning of Paganism. These shots are from July 2015.

Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, peppers, and tomatoes, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, watermelon, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, main garden area, l to r: corn, cucumbers, dill, cabbage, cantaloupe, butternut squash, collard greens, green onion, St. Francis and grape vine, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, tomato, tomatillo, cucumber, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, tomato, tomatillo, cucumber, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: tomatoes, peppers, corn, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, collard greens, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT —

Society Garden 2015, l to r : cucmber, dill, butternut squash, cantaloupe, cabbage, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: tomatillo, corn, yellow squash, cucumber, dill, butternut squash, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, yellow watermelon, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l tor : corn, cucumber, cantaloupe, butternut squash, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, watermelon patch, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: tomatillo, corn, yellow squash, cucumber, dill, cabbage, cantaloupe, butternut squash, collard greens, St. Francis, green onion, grapeThursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: cantaloupe, green onion, St. Francis, Grape, collard greens, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, cucumber, dill, cantaloupe, butternut squash, cabbage, collard greens, green onion, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT —

Society Garden 2015, l to r: tomato, blue berry bush, tomatillo, corn, yellow squash, cucumber, dill, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, beans, peppers, tomato,Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, peppers (l) and tomatoes, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, corn, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: peppers, corn, peppers, tomatoes, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, beans around corn stalk, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, bell pepper, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: herbs- oregano, cilantro, parsley, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Growing and Growing!

Posted in garden, Other, tagged fruits, garden 2015, gardening, herbs, organic, Society garden, vegetables, watermelon on July 1, 2015| 1 Comment »

The Garden has taken off! With over 15 types and variety of fruits and vegetables, SLPS is expecting a great harvest in a few months! This is how everything grew over the month of June 2015

Society Garden 2015, Society dog Frejya walking in the garden l to r: dill, cabbage, butternut squash, cantaloupe, Frejya, collard greens, St. Francis, Saturday, June 20, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, main garden area with St. Francis l to r: tomato, tomatillo, corn, yellow squash, cucumber, cabbage, dill, cantaloupe, butternut squash, collard green, green onion, grape vine, Saturday, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Salt Lakei City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: tomatillo, tomato, pepper, and corn plants, Saturday, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, St. Francis and collard greens, Saturday, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, yellow squash, cucumber, butternut square, cantaloupe, dill and cabbage, Saturday, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, l to r: herbs-parsley, cilantro and oregano, Saturday, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Society Garden 2015, watermelon patch, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 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.”

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Full Moon Herb Planting

Posted in moons, nature, Other, tagged August 2014 Full Moon, dill, full moon, full moon planting, gardening, herbs, magic, nature, planting, sorrel, thymes on August 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

A few SLPS members gathered by the light of the Sturgeon full moon to plant herbs on Sunday, August 11, 2014. Dill, Thyme and Sorrel, were all sewed to the light of the moon, with chants of the Goddess and magic being woven. The pots were magically empowered with symbols and shapes. We will wait and see what the late summer and fall brings of this planting. Big or little harvest? Only the Goddess will tell.

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Posts Tagged ‘gardening’

Society Garden Giving in Abundance

Society Garden Growing Strong!

Society Garden Planting 2016

2016 Society Garden Taking Shape

Society Garden Mabon Harvests

Society Garden Harvests Upcoming with 1st Harvest Holiday of the Year-Lughnasadh

Society Garden Growing and Growing!

New Society Garden Planted

Full Moon Herb Planting

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