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Saint Brigid's Day, Groundhog Day origins, good time to plant
Venus is very near to the crescent moon
Groundhogs are members of the rodent family. They are also known as woodchucks or whistlepigs.
Sunday is Saint Brigid’s Day, One Of The Four Traditional “Cross-Quarter” Days midway between the solstices and the equinoxes. It’s named after Brigantia, the Celtic female deity of light, because the sun is halfway along its path from winter solstice to spring equinox. February is when the days start getting noticeably longer and the sun starts swinging higher across the sky with each successive day. Already quite noticeable is the change in the time of sunset, currently almost a minute later per day, and sunrise, currently almost a minute earlier per day.
The ancient Celts divided their year into four parts, marked by four quarter days: March 25, June 24, September 29 and December 25. Each of these parts was then divided in half, creating cross-quarter days: February 2, May 1, August 1 and October 31. The Celts actually considered these cross-quarter days the beginnings of each season. It is believed that this more-specific seasonal calendar was beneficial for the farming, planting and harvesting of crops. Traditionally, if on Saint Brigid’s Day the weather was sunny, that predicted another six weeks of cold and frost. If the day was cloudy and dark, warm weather was near and would thaw the fields and ready them for planting. Our Groundhog Day tradition of predicting the weather based on a varmint’s ability to see his shadow on February 2 stems from this ancient belief.
There's still time to plant some winter veggies, and Friday's new moon is the perfect day.
Late Fall Through Mid-Spring Is A Great Time To Plant More Veggies in your garden. Most of the county’s climate can still handle another round of cool-season crops. You can start your summer seedlings indoors and put them in the ground early to mid-March. Whether this is your second (or third) round of winter crops or an early summer planting, the recent rain and increased daylight both make for happier plants.
An egret patrols the rocks in La Jolla at low tide searching for a meal.
Exceptionally High and Low Tides Are Set To Occur on a couple days during the last week of January. A peak high tide of +6.99 feet occurs on Wednesday, January 29, at 8:42am. Thursday's high tide of +6.89 feet occurs at 9:21am. If any strong winter storm happens to arrive from the west during these extreme high-tide episodes, then flooding of low-lying coastal areas around San Diego is likely. Several exceptionally low tides will also occur within the same time period. On Tuesday, January 28, the tide falls to -1.44 feet at 3:15pm. Wednesday’s low tide of -1.48 feet bottoms out at 3:46pm. These days are great for exploring marine life in the tidepool areas along San Diego County’s coastline.
On February 1st, Venus Will Appear Very Near the waxing crescent Moon. Venus will be just 2.3 degrees to the Moon’s right. Start looking at sunset, and remember, “near” is not the same as “close to.” Venus, currently 4 light-minutes away from earth, is about 200 times farther from us than the Moon’s current distance of 1.2 light-seconds.
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Saint Brigid's Day, Groundhog Day origins, good time to plant
Venus is very near to the crescent moon
Saint Brigid's Day, Groundhog Day origins, good time to plant
Venus is very near to the crescent moon
Groundhogs are members of the rodent family. They are also known as woodchucks or whistlepigs.
Sunday is Saint Brigid’s Day, One Of The Four Traditional “Cross-Quarter” Days midway between the solstices and the equinoxes. It’s named after Brigantia, the Celtic female deity of light, because the sun is halfway along its path from winter solstice to spring equinox. February is when the days start getting noticeably longer and the sun starts swinging higher across the sky with each successive day. Already quite noticeable is the change in the time of sunset, currently almost a minute later per day, and sunrise, currently almost a minute earlier per day.
The ancient Celts divided their year into four parts, marked by four quarter days: March 25, June 24, September 29 and December 25. Each of these parts was then divided in half, creating cross-quarter days: February 2, May 1, August 1 and October 31. The Celts actually considered these cross-quarter days the beginnings of each season. It is believed that this more-specific seasonal calendar was beneficial for the farming, planting and harvesting of crops. Traditionally, if on Saint Brigid’s Day the weather was sunny, that predicted another six weeks of cold and frost. If the day was cloudy and dark, warm weather was near and would thaw the fields and ready them for planting. Our Groundhog Day tradition of predicting the weather based on a varmint’s ability to see his shadow on February 2 stems from this ancient belief.
There's still time to plant some winter veggies, and Friday's new moon is the perfect day.
Late Fall Through Mid-Spring Is A Great Time To Plant More Veggies in your garden. Most of the county’s climate can still handle another round of cool-season crops. You can start your summer seedlings indoors and put them in the ground early to mid-March. Whether this is your second (or third) round of winter crops or an early summer planting, the recent rain and increased daylight both make for happier plants.
An egret patrols the rocks in La Jolla at low tide searching for a meal.
Exceptionally High and Low Tides Are Set To Occur on a couple days during the last week of January. A peak high tide of +6.99 feet occurs on Wednesday, January 29, at 8:42am. Thursday's high tide of +6.89 feet occurs at 9:21am. If any strong winter storm happens to arrive from the west during these extreme high-tide episodes, then flooding of low-lying coastal areas around San Diego is likely. Several exceptionally low tides will also occur within the same time period. On Tuesday, January 28, the tide falls to -1.44 feet at 3:15pm. Wednesday’s low tide of -1.48 feet bottoms out at 3:46pm. These days are great for exploring marine life in the tidepool areas along San Diego County’s coastline.
On February 1st, Venus Will Appear Very Near the waxing crescent Moon. Venus will be just 2.3 degrees to the Moon’s right. Start looking at sunset, and remember, “near” is not the same as “close to.” Venus, currently 4 light-minutes away from earth, is about 200 times farther from us than the Moon’s current distance of 1.2 light-seconds.
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