On Saturday, in the pouring rain, a bunch of our pagan friends came out to our homestead and planted and blessed our fruit orchard with us. In the field to the east of the house, we planted 6 heritage apple trees, 2 cherry trees, 2 plum trees, and 2 rowan trees in a spiral. I planted the first tree, a rowan, and named our homestead: Rowan Tree Farm. Then everyone else took a turn planting a tree and blessing or dedicating it in whatever way they wanted to. I was incredibly touched by how very personal some of the dedications were.
Despite the rain it was a lovely ritual and a wonderful day. Thank you, all.
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Sounds absolutely lovely. I guess I’m going to have to start using the new name in my LJ posts, eh?
Can we get an idea of what trees you planted? Inquiring minds want to know!
I won’t be at all offended if people continue to call it the Coalition Stronghold 🙂 Your choice, really.
There will be a detailed post today or tomorrow listing all the trees we planted in the orchard on Saturday, as well as the berry bushes I planted yesturday, and the other fruit & veg perenials I hope to plant today!
It was very moving and so… real. Mud and rain will do that. 🙂
Thank you for involving us.
What a lovely name and a lovely way to celebrate the naming of your new homestead!