It's the Garden Journal Challenge time again, bang on May 1st. In the north, this would be Beltane:
Beltane is a Pagan holiday, and one of the eight Sabbats. It falls about halfway between the spring equinox (Ostara) and the coming summer solstice, Litha. The holiday celebrates spring at its peak, and the coming summer. Beltane also sometimes goes by the name May Day. This holiday is associated very strongly with fertility for pagans.
What better way to think about fertility than to get in our gardens - the seeds bursting, the fruit forming. Gone are the long winter days and the earth bursts into life. In the southern hemisphere, we're heading into winter, but nothing is ever truly dormant. We have many trees that still grow all winter and even many flowers on the natives. And of course, underneath the soil, bacteria and fungi do their work.
I missed doing the #gardenjournal challenge but @minismallholding did a wonderful job. We both adore supporting gardeners on the Hive blockchain as best as we can and love the garden community so much!
Guidelines for the Challenge
- Use the #gardenjournal tag as your first tag. I'll be checking that above all else, so no need to drop your post link below.
- Please engage with others
- Try not to post lots of variations of the one plant - it's hard to scroll through endless similiar photos! Be selective with what you choose.
- You are welcome to do more than one post, particularly if you have a large garden with many things going on.
- Reblogging is appreciated!
Prizes
VEGETABLE GARDEN PRIZE - 10 HIVE, to be distributed amongst the best posts depending on entries.
PASSION GARDEN PRIZE - 5 HIVE, to be awarded to the most passionate gardener of the week.
Selfie Prize Go in the draw to win 2 HIVE for the best garden selfie!
Tagging below some past entrants - if you'd like to be alerted every month let me know in the comments and I'll add your name next month.
@plantstoplanks @sofs-su @nikv @owasco @buckaroobaby @farm-mom @thebigsweed @polesinns @andrastia @holisticmom @queenoftheworld @porters @amygoodrich @fanyokami @phoenixwren @anafae @tanjakolader @yolithy24 @andrastia @minismallholding @goldenoakfarm @nateonsteemit @sanjeevm @kennyroy @simplymike @dodovietnam @babeltrips @trangbaby @kaelci @shanibeer @proto26 @ifarmgirl @foxfireorchards @artemislives @luckylaica @blingit @traisto @skylinebuds @fotostef @tydynrain @hindavi
Are you on HIVE yet? Earn for writing! Referral link for FREE account here Join The Hive Garden Community! The HIVE GARDEN COMMUNITY supports gardening, homesteading, cannabis growers, permaculture and other garden related content. Delegations to the curation account, @gardenhive, are welcome! Find our community here!
Just tagging a few more who requested to be added to the list.
@ligayagardener @ismaelrd04 @tuocchu @iwannabeme @rheda
Thank you @minismallholding ^_^ for tagging me.
I am so bad at these lists .. thanks babe x
Please count me in , too! I ´ll be sending my entry asap. Thanks!
Great initiative.
We all have fun for this challenge! X
Oh no! I missed posting my second one. I set my reminder for the 9th. I think you're going to have a bumper crop of May entries to sort through
@buckaroobaby did you post? If not go for it, it's going to take at least a day to sort through these entries!
No!? Really? It's almost over a day later by now...but I'm going to quickly hit post. I had abandoned it thinking I may edit next month. But here goes. Thanks @riverflows
Wow! It has already been a month?! Little has changed in my garden. That's a lie. I've been doing a lot of work and things are starting to wake up! I'll try to be creative with a selfie, too. Though usually you seem to love it without me trying very hard! I guess that means I should just do what comes naturally. I wish I had more space to cultivate!
Perhaps you should do some guerillA gardening!!! Do you know this?
I always love to see your happy smiling face!
Guerilla gardening?
I don't think I'm familiar
Means gardening where you shouldn't be allowed. Like planting flower seeds in wastelands. Or stealth vege gardens in public places
Oh, time flies, it is now May, 30 more days and we are again halfway through the year. Which also makes me excited for this May Garden Journal. I am looking forward to the entries. Have a nice day ahead.
Fabulous, me too. Time sure does fly!!
Has sido curado por @visualblock / You've been curated by @visualblock
Bienvenidas delegaciones / Delegations welcome
Encuentra nuestra comunidad aquí / Find our community here
Trail de Curación / Curation Trail
Welcome back @riverflows! I'd love to be added to the list for reminders! 🙏 💚
Sure! You should be there already but I lost my recent list!
Thank you so much! I have so much to post about my plants and garden work! 🙏 💚
I know, right? I have so much to write about that I have to break it into more than one post!
I am making time this month to join! I got to be the mystery reader for my niece's kindergarten class on Friday and my sister just so happened to pick out a book with characters named Parsley, Basil and Thyme for me to read to them--perfect! So of course the poor little dears had to listen to me talk for a minute about herbs, haha.
Haha that's brilliant!! I love it when kids are in my garden and I show them all the plants to eat. Start em young, right!
https://peakd.com/hive-140635/@plantstoplanks/thefuntrulybeginsnowgardenupdatemay2022-2ahfqwhj2iyj5qu46jjw
Selfie included. ;)
Oh, it's me on the cover. Haha, the signal was awful that I haven't noticed the photo I only read the text. Thank you @riverflows it feels more inspiring. Time flies so fast and it's the monthly garden update again. Good luck everyone I'm excited to read your garden update soon 😍.
What a great initiative this month ^_^ Thank you @riverflows
Congratulations @riverflows! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s):
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPCheck out the last post from @hivebuzz:
YAY for sunny gardens!! Here's my herbie one, minus the wormwood
https://hive.blog/hive-140635/@buckaroobaby/bee-on-thyme-or-you-may-be-hungry
I am cooking something!!
https://peakd.com/hive-140635/@edprivat/circle-of-life-the-lawnmower-midlife-crisis-hive-garden-journal
Just seeing this after I posted. Please ad me to the list. Thank you.
Sure, you SHOULD be on it. I'll count you in x
Many thanks @riverflows
I like your post
Hi, this is my entry:
https://ecency.com/hive-140635/@multifacetas/eng-spa-gardenjournal-challenge-maymy-garden-comes-back-to-lifemi-jardin-revive
Garden this month:
https://peakd.com/hive-140635/@blackberryskunk/little-garden-helpers-garden-update-may-2022
Hello, minismallholding greetings🙏 I will like to be alerted every month thanks in advance🌸
Sure @hindavi I'll add you as well
Thank you 🙏very much still we haven't started gardening nights are cold and days are windy. we waiting for good weather.
Hope you got lots of responses, I'm busy in the garden right now, but I'll catch up with the posts a bit at a time - it's always inspiring to see other gardeners.
It would be really helpful for the feeble weaklings like me if you would add a specific deadline in the post or use the countdown feature for these posts. It helps me focus 😎.
Hope all is well in your world 😍.
I'll add a countdown next time... I tend to give myself a few days to wrap up so I don't mind late entries.
Thank you🙏 very much@riverflows