May 10 is a perfect day in the almanac for looking upward. By now, the garden is no longer only
May 9 belongs beautifully to lilac. By this point in spring, few shrubs express the season with such clarity: not
May 8 belongs to the flowering edges of spring. It is a day for hedges in bloom, for flowering boundaries,
May 7 belongs to the side of spring that gathers at the edges: along hedges, beside gates, around doorways, and
May 6 is a richly layered spring date in the almanac because it gathers several traditions around one central truth:
May 5 belongs to the gentler side of spring. It is a day for the garden’s quieter beauty: the kind
May 4 is a fascinating spring date because it carries two very different energies at once. In older tradition, it
May 3 belongs to the quieter floral side of early May. It is not a date defined by dramatic labor
May 2 is one of those wonderfully specific almanac dates where a small planting custom opens a much larger world
May 1 is one of the most exuberant days in the spring calendar. It belongs to green boughs, flowering branches,