Ep. 418 - The Harvest Moon Rises!

The Harvest Moon appears from September 9 to 11! The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Friday through Sunday. Why does this phenomenon happen? Learn more—and shine on, Harvest Moon!

Join Rob as he shares an article by the Old Farmers' Almanac on the Harvest Moon!  He also shares what else you can find in today's daily almanac such as tying knots in rope, Mercury retrograde dates for 2022, basil, and a recipe for a fresh basil and tomato frittata!  

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Hi there and welcome back to another episode of the All Around Growth Podcast. My name is Rob Kaiser and I am your host. Today is Friday, September 9th, 2022. And this is a show where you join me as I build a life in homestead with my family. A show where we learn the five W's and how as I grow along with the homestead. The topic of today's show is the Harvest Moon Rises. And the reason the title of today's show is The Harvest Moon Rises is we are doing an Old Farmer's Almanac show today. Before we get into the main show topic, which is the Harvest Moon, we are also going to touch on Eight Knots to Know, a little bit about Mercury retrograde. And if you're not familiar with what the Daily Almanac is, it is from the Old Farmers Almanac, which I will link to in the show notes. You can sign up for this. This is no affiliate, this is just something cool, something that I have been reading for years, and I like to receive these emails, and it keeps me in touch with. It's a long interview, and but they talk about that a little bit. So I would encourage you to check that out. I know Andy and Doug personally. I've known them for years. They actually have been here, hosted a beef butchering workshop. I've been at their place for workshops. I've been at other places where they've hosted workshops. They do great work, they are great people, and they speak very eloquently about what homesteading is and you know the context of that. And uh I would encourage you to listen to that. So let's just get right into it. Now, like I said, the daily almanac comes from the farmer's almanac, and it includes little tidbits uh such as who was born on this day, what happened today in history, other nuggets like the fact that there are 13 days until autumn begins. And with that said, it's also worth pointing out that 13 days until the online store here at York Meadow Farm opens. So I would also encourage you to check out the show notes. Learn what we're doing here on the Farm and Homestead to grow the Farm and Homestead, sign up for the newsletter, get updates about the online store, and if you do that, you will also be eligible for the big savings that email subscribers will receive upon the grand opening of the online store. So there's some incentive to do that as well. In the Daily Omanac, there's also questions of the day, puzzles of the day, and little bits of poetry, things that read as follows. The mellow moon, the changing leaves, the earlier setting sun, proclaim at last my merry boys, the harvest time begun. Charles G. Eastman, who lived from 1816 to 1860. Now, again, the title of uh today's show is The Harvest Moon Rises. And we're gonna read about what the Harvest Moon is here in just a bit. And if you're also interested in the other things that we mentioned, you can learn how to tie knots and rope. If you've spent any time in scouts, camping, outdoors, or boating, from square knots to bowline, learn how to tie knots and rope, including illustrations of the most useful knots. So if you're interested in knots and learning more about basic knot tying, there's a nice article in today's show notes about how to tie knots and rope. And Mercury's next period of retrograde motion lasts from September 9th to October 1st, 2022. According to the age-old practice of astrology, we are all influenced by the effect of Mercury in retrograde. What exactly does it mean for each of us though? If that's your thing and you're interested in that, you can check out the article in the show notes for mercury retrograde dates for 2022 and learn more about that there. Now, basil grows until the first frost. Get it while it's still good. Keep harvesting leaves and trimming off flowers to keep the plant growing strong. Here's what to know about growing basil. And there'll be an article in the show notes to basil. And I have one quick thing to say about basil based on our experience here on the homestead. With it, we made a raised bed out there next to the cabin and turned it into a little herb bed for dads. And we've got oregano, a few different types of sage growing in there, a couple different types of thyme, some dill, some cilantro, some basil, some holy basil, uh Tulsy basil that was given to us by Maurice Small, Blessings Maurice. That is just a wonderful plant. I I still am very ignorant about it, but uh I deadheaded, or not deadheaded, but pinched the tops on them, and since the bottoms were flushing out to encourage the the growth and development of those things a little bit. And as I did that, uh the smell of that plant was just amazing. But I digress. Uh we have enough basil out there. I forget what we were doing. Um I think we were making chimichuri, and we went to grab basil, much like you know, we I don't know, we use a lot of oregano and the cilantro or in the uh curtito, whatever. And um, yeah, we we used some basil. Dad grabbed went out to grab it. He he he cut way too much. I'm not really sure what he was thinking. We didn't need a whole lot, but nevertheless, we had like a bunch, and and he was kind of upset about it, and so he wanted to see if it would root, and I was kind of like, uh, you know, I'm just thinking, like, whatever, let's let's let's junk it with the rest of the vegetable scraps. So these little cuttings sat in a little Tupperware container of water in the commercial kitchen for days, and I'd move them around every time I'd clean, and you know, I just didn't really pay any attention to them. Five to seven days later, I don't know what it was. Um these f one, two, three. No, there were probably like six cuttings in there. Um, four of them had all of them had rooted really, but some of the smaller cuttings had just like been fully submerged in the water that they'd effectively rotted. And uh the plants were starting to go. So I took them and uh you know cleaned them up and I potted three of the smallest cuttings, or three of the largest cuttings rather, and then stuck one of the smaller of the remaining ones that wasn't fully rotted in there as well, just to see if it would take. And then one more. I ran out of potting soil, so I just threw it back in the raised bed out there, and hopefully, you know, it'll live. Most of these plants out there in the bed have survived. It's a raised hoogulture bed that is on the west side of the house, right next to the cabin. So uh it holds a lot of heat right there, and we've been lucky, and everything in there has wintered over year after year after year, and uh the cilantro has simply reseeded. But yeah, the basil has been very impressive, and for those of you who are around, I would encourage you to take cuttings of your basil plants, just throw them in a vase, root them, uh, and then you know, dad and I are gonna try and keep them as houseplants. I've got all sorts of houseplants in here. Uh I started growing avocados from seed. Dad started growing out a bunch of turmeric. Um I had some bananas, gave those away as gifts. And I don't know, houseplants have been the new, not a new, but but um my my interest and my developments in propagating my houseplants has uh been very successful as of late. So uh maybe I should do an episode on that later. But anyways, I just happen to be looking at all of those, thinking about houseplants as we're talking about basil, turning them into houseplants. Now, speaking of basil, um there is also a recipe for a fresh basil and tomato fritata. Now, this basil, fresh basil and tomato fritata is a prime example of how tasty a simple recipe can be. Juicy tomatoes, sharp cheddar, and fresh basil are natural partners in this easy egg dish. Put it on the menu for breakfast, brunch, or lunch. Check out the show notes. There will be a link to this fresh basil and tomato fritata. All of this comes from the old farmer's almanac, which will be quite evident as you click on these links. Again, no affiliate, no nothing here, just something that I'm interested in. I wish they did have an affiliate program because I would be a big supporter of it. Um, and that is about it in the Daily Almanac. There is a whole bunch of other products in there. Um that's just something that you kind of have to settle for. The Daily Almanac is trying to make a buck too. But who knows, some of these products may be for you. They've got an old farmer's almanac planner, uh, the 2023 old farmer's almanac moon calendar, little eucalyptus and mint kitchen towels, all sorts of uh, you know, cozy homesteady things that may be of interest to you. Alright, so let's take a look at what is the harvest moon, learn a little bit about what that is, and uh we'll read this article by Fred Schaff from August 9th, 2022. Again, the article titled What is the Harvest Moon will be linked to in the show notes along with everything else that was discussed in the show today. Shine on Harvest Moon Facts and Folklore. The Harvest Moon appears from September 9th to 11th. The moon will appear full for about three days around this time from Friday through Sunday. Why does this phenomenon happen? Learn more and shine on Harvest Moon. Now when is the Harvest Moon? This year the brilliant harvest moon first appears in the evening of Friday, September 9th, before reaching peak illumination at 5 58 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday, September 10th. It will be below the horizon at this time, however. One thing that sets the harvest moon apart from other full moon names is that it's not associated with a specific month as the others are. Instead, the harvest moon relates to the timing of the autumn equinox, which is September 22nd, 2022, with the full moon that occurs nearest to the equinox being the one to take on the name Harvest Moon. This means that the harvest moon can occur in either September or October, depending on how the lunar cycle lines up with the Gregorian calendar. The harvest moon does typically occur in September, taking the place of the full corn moon. However, it occasionally lands in October instead, replacing the full hunter's moon. Now, why is it called the harvest moon? For several evenings, the moonrise comes soon after sunset. This results in an abundance of bright moonlight early in the evening, which was a traditional aid to farmers and crews harvesting their summer-grown crops. Hence it's called the harvest moon. There are just a little over 12 complete moon cycles every year on average, there being about 29.53 days in a synodic month. The harvest moon isn't like the other moons. Usually throughout the year, the moon rises an average of about 50 minutes later each day. But for a few nights around the harvest moon, the moon seems to rise at nearly the same time, just 25 to 30 minutes later across the northern USA and only 10 to 20 minutes later farther north in Canada and Europe. Additionally, the harvest moon rises at sunset and then will rise very near sunset for several nights in a row because the difference is at a yearly minimum. It may seem as if there are full moons multiple nights in a row. Now more about the harvest moon. You know what? Real quick, it does seem like that there are multiple full moons. The moon was very full last night, early in the night, and that is part of why I wanted to check into the old farmer's almanac and do a show about the harvest moon. Because I knew the harvest moon was coming up. Saw the full moon last night before going to bed, or the almost full moon. Beautiful. Just wanted to share this with you. And after getting a good night's sleep, waking up late, getting my stretch on, and realizing that we've got a full day ahead with pickles to pack and getting ready for the farmer's market tomorrow, and just some other work that needs to be done here on the homestead. An old farmer's almanac was a quick and easy way to get some content created for today's show that's also relevant to the context of our life, the context of the season, the harvest moon, and everything else. So, you know, let's continue with the article and read more about the harvest moon. Now, if interested, here is more detailed information about the harvest moon. Warning, there's a scientific explanation coming. Now the moon's orbital motion, combined with the larger orbit of the Earth and the Sun, carries it farther eastward among the constellations of the zodiac from night to night. At any one moonrise, the moon occupies a particular place on the celestial sphere, the great dome of the heavens, but when the earth turns toward that point 24 hours later, the moon has moved off to the east about 12 degrees, and it takes an average of 50 minutes longer for the Earth to rotate toward the moon and for the moon thus to rise. Think of it as a big giant slinky in which each loop, representing one lunar orbit of the Earth, advances the orbit a bit farther along the spiral path. The result of all of that is the moon doesn't rise at the same time every day. But around the date of the harvest moon, the moon does rise at about the same time for several days in a row. Why? Remember that the zodiac is a band of constellations through which the moon travels from night to night. The section of the zodiac band in which the full moon travels around the start of autumn is the section that forms the most shallow angle with the eastern horizon. Because the moon's orbit on successive nights is more nearly parallel to the horizon at that time, its relationship to the eastern horizon does not change appreciably, and the Earth does not have to turn as far to bring up the moon. The moon may rise as little as 23 minutes later on several nights before and after the full harvest moon at about 42 degrees north latitude, which means extra light at peak harvest time near autumn. By the time the moon has reached last quarter, however, the typical 50-minute delay has returned. Now at the start of spring, the opposite applies. The full moon is in the section of the zodiac that has the steepest angle with respect to the eastern horizon. For several days bracketing the full moon nearest the vernal equinox, the delay in moon rise is as much as 75 minutes at 42 degrees north latitude. Now here's another way of expressing what happens with the harvest moon. It is in this part of the zodiac that the moon's eastward or orbital motion has its largest northward component. For observers in the Earth's northern hemisphere, the farther north an object is in the heavens, the longer an arc it makes across the sky, and the longer a time it is visible above the horizon. Thus, to say the moon is getting rapidly farther north each night around the time of the harvest moon is to say that for northern latitudes on Earth, it will keep rising distinctly earlier than would otherwise be expected, nearly the same time as the night before. How nearly is almost the same time each night? Now this varies with latitude, for the farther north you are, the shallower the angle of the zodiac is with respect to your horizon. In most of the United States and southern Canada, the harvest moon rises 25 to 30 minutes later each night. The effect is less noticeable the further south you go, but going north makes the harvest moon more extreme. According to astronomy author Guy Otwell, the idea of the harvest moon originated in Europe, average latitude about 50 degrees north, where the harvest moon rises only 10 to 20 minutes later each night. It must have seemed a boon that just when the days were getting rapidly shorter and the sun seemed to go down all too soon, the harvest moon arrived to extend the hours that harvesting could be done. Chinese harvest moon traditions. As a final note, I should add that it is not just Western civilization that has given special importance to the harvest moon. For Chinese people everywhere, this full moon is the occasion for the festival of the August moon. The August is a is through a calendar discrepancy, or mid-autumn festival in some cultures. The equinoxes and solstices have been considered the middle of the seasons. This festival is celebrated with joyful games and the eating of mooncakes. And the author remembers vividly being invited to one such celebration and singing songs and playing his guitar to a circle of friendly faces in the light of the rising harvest moon. Now you can learn more. And uh oh, learn more. Ever notice that the low-hanging moon looks especially big near the horizon? It isn't really significantly bigger. Learn more about this trick of the eye called the moon illusion. You can find out what your moon phase is tonight and what the next full moon is. And there's links to a lot of what I talked about in this article embedded within this article. And the title of this article is What is the Harvest Moon? This article will be linked to in the show notes as well. And that is about it for today's episode. 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