Virtue of the month (November 20th to December 20th)
Control of speech and thinking becomes a feeling for the truth.
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Holy Nights Programme
Winter Festivals: ADVENT – Spiral of Light
The term “Advent” – is Latin for ‘that which is coming’. So this is a time of
preparation, of waiting, in the dark, for the return of the light at Winter Solstice
and the birth of the Sun/Son at Christmas. During this four week festival, we
deepen our relationship to the world around us by recognizing and celebrating
the strength and beauty of all four kingdoms of the natural world.
During the first week, we pay tribute to the mineral world.
During the second week, we focus on the plant kingdom.
In the third week, we celebrate the kingdom of the animals.
The fourth week speaks to the human being and angelic realm.
As we pass through these realms, it moves us toward a deeper understanding of
our place in the universe, of all that supports us, and all that we aspire to, as well
as all that needs our care and protection.
https://www.rudolfsteiner.org/fileadmin/user_upload/asa/Festivals_as_a_Path_of_Initiation.pdf
Fieldfare CSA Garden
is a grower of seasonal, organic and biodynamic vegetables, fruit and herbs, based in Aberdeenshire.
At Balmakewan Farm, Walled Garden, Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire
Please see below a link to the website and a description of the project
We aim to provide the public with a source of sustainable, affordable, and freshly picked produce.
The produce is available through our community supported agriculture scheme, which anyone can join by subscription thus becoming a member by purchasing one, or more, Shares of produce.
The CSA model we have chosen to work with allows us to have direct communication with our members and gives our members a fixed price for the year.
We offer weekly pick-ups of fresh produce, starting in the first week of May and running through until Christmas.
Once May arrives, members who have signed up for the season come to the farm once a week on their chosen pick-up day. We have a pickup room at the walled garden in which the various items for those weeks. Share are laid out with indications on how much to take.
Members bring their own bags/basket in which to place the items which they have selected themselves.
We farm Biodynamically and organically which means we use no artificial chemicals at all, growing over 100 varieties of vegetables and other edibles on raised beds. We view the CSA as a self-sustaining organism, working with nature, not against it and in doing so create an environment in which the ecosystem can thrive and naturally bring itself into balance.