One year has passed. Inspired by Japanese tradition and Alexa Firmenich on her blog Lifeworlds, we have created a micro season calendar. We followed life on the farm as it unfolded over the course of one a year , from March 2024 to March 2025. It describes different events and important relationships that we have with the more than human world on the farm. Instead of dividing each day into one of four seasons, the Japanese calendar is divided into 72 different sections. Each of these sections lies within one of 24 divisions, all of which have been given descriptively beautiful names. The 72 sections (or kō) only last for about five days each, but still perfectly describe what happens as life blossoms and ebbs.

9 – 14 March / Snowdrops

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One year has passed, I have followed the nature and my land for one year. I started 2024 15 of March with Snowdrops and bees Galanthis Nevalis som important for the first bees flying out

9 – 14 March / Snowdrops2025-03-30T13:13:54+00:00

4 – 8 March / Foggy sun over black ice

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The foggy sun shines over back ice. It is not so far away now, open water when the ice disappear imperceptibly into the waves. The landscape is so clean and still. The world starts over

4 – 8 March / Foggy sun over black ice2025-03-30T13:04:43+00:00

26 February – 3 March / Sun worship

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Time stops when I sit down, facing the sun, resting against the red wall. The sun, I worship it now that it finally returns and brings everything back to life. Even my heart feels more

26 February – 3 March / Sun worship2025-03-30T12:58:50+00:00

12 – 16 February / Sun-heated south side

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Sunny days are warming despite the night cold and all the south sides are getting snow free and I see all the little micro sheltered places. There, grass and flower wake up despite the cold

12 – 16 February / Sun-heated south side2025-02-26T20:05:12+00:00

7 -11 February / Woodpecker greatings

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Suddenly, the rapidly bouncing sounds of the woodpeckers' different beaks can be heard making their way across meadows and forests. The high-pitched shrieks of the black woodpecker also break the silence. You can hear the

7 -11 February / Woodpecker greatings2025-02-26T19:57:34+00:00

2 – 6 February / Spring birds singing

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I hear the spring birds and try to sing along with them. More and more birds are transitioning from winter song to exuberant spring song. Where are you my beloved?...it calls...now life begins...it calls...

2 – 6 February / Spring birds singing2025-02-26T19:49:00+00:00
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