Moon farming

The moon is in harmony with the tides. Similarly it has an effect on how plants grow. Root crops are best growing when the moon is waning. Above ground crops are best growing with the moon is waxing. This has to do with the shadow of the moon. Shadow places in the garden are great for growing mushrooms. You can look where flowers are casting shadows (like good spells) naturally as an indication of where to plant mushrooms.

A favorite type of tea of mine is tree wood tea. The tree bark naturally peels from the tree where you can collect it from the ground and make it just like you would lead tea. It’s very tasty with an earthy taste and with some milk and sugar it tastes of chai…mmmm! Tulip poplar is the type of tree that makes this tea.

I recommend using a basket when you go out to harvest the tree wood from the ground. It’s nice to hold a piece of wood in your hand while working with wood. In addition to tea, the tree wood is useful for building fairy houses and decorating larger carpentry projects like doorknobs or roofs, etc. You can think of all sorts of fun things with wood.

There are probably more trees than tulip poplar that have a peeling bark from which to make tea of.

I enjoy waking up at about 4am and going outside as soon as it’s light out, barefoot to collect the wood from the ground. That’s how I feel like a tree. Talking to trees is a great way to feel alive. They have said all sorts of secrets and they say stories to tell us how to live a fulfilled life. I’m thankful to the tree that has taught me so much.

When making tree wood tea, you could follow this recipe:

Ingredients:

Tree bark tea, sugar and milk

1 tablespoon tulip poplar tree bark, half a glass of milk, and one and a half tablespoons of sugar

Directions:

Gather tree bark from the forest floor

Place in a mug

Pour hot water into it carefully

Add milk and sugar as desired

You could grow almonds to make almond milk

It’s that easy!

Enjoy!

Here’s a poem about drinking tea:

alive in the woods, happy

like a tree that speaks plenty

hearing all there is to hear

like wrists and ankles of good bone ware

walked for miles in the rain

barefoot in the summer shade

Thanks for reading these thoughts. You could also read about how to make acorn tea. Another of my favorites is wintergreen tea which is a type of root beer. There’s a lot of plants that make teas that grow wild. All you really need to do is let your imagination guide you to what the plants are telling you. A wise woman told me that a plants form mirrors it’s function. It’s like a plant looking into a pond. The shape of a plant matches what use it has. One example is that tulip poplar bark has a natural medicinal use for curing aches and pains. The tree bark is very sturdy but is also somewhat flexible. That’s just like how naturally bones work. I’m sure you could think of all sorts of natural trees and plants that work like that. I wish you fun as you communicate with the natural earth and while you walk outside feeling the flowers and air.

A favorite prayer is

May all beings be happy

May all beings be peaceful

May all beings be liberated

Love, peace and calmness eternally,

Kristen