"April was formerly the second month in the ancient Roman year, when March began the calendar. The “real” origin of its name has been lost. The most common theory is that Aprilis is derived from the Latin verb Aperire, “to open”, as the opening, or blossoming, of trees and flowers. Since the Romans often named months for gods (and goddesses), and since April was sacred to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, her festival was held on the first day of Aprilis. Is possible that Aprilis was originally called Aphrilis, a Latin name which comes from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of lnus? Fordicidia, the Feast of the Cows on April 15, when ancient rites were conducted to ensure the prosperity of crops. A cow pregnant with calf was sacrificed, and attendants of the vestal virgins then took the calf from its mother to burn it. Its ashes, gathered up by the vestals, were used a few days later at the Parilia. The Parilia was the annual Roman festival of flocks and herds, celebrated on April 21 in honor of Pales, the pastoral deity (god or goddess) and special protector of cattle. The Parilia, essentially a pastoral, or agricultural rite, is believed to have originated long before the founding of the city of Rome (753 B.C.). Romulus, the legendary “founder of Rome”, is thought to have played a significant role in conducting the cleansing and renewal rituals of the Parilia. April 21 (XI days to Maius Calends) was set aside to commemorate not only Pales, but also the founding of Rome. A public holiday known as the Natalis urbis Romae (birthday of the city of Rome), was also a day which was marked by music, street dancing, and general revelry."
- Calendar, Aprilis

You can always tell it's April
By the sound of falling rain
That mystic, mournful music
As it trickles down the drain.

We're told we should be thankful
For the kiss of April showers
As it washes all the grass clean
And prepares the soil for flowers.

There's another side to April
Which doesn't bode us good,
When that mini, manic maelstrom
Turns the lawn to liquid mud."
- Thomas Vaughan Jones, O' To Be in April

"Spring is God's way of saying, 'One more time!'"
- Robert Orben

"No flowers, no bees;
No bees, no flowers.
Blooming and buzzing,
Buzzing and blooming;
Married and still in Love."
- Michael Garofalo

"We need spring. We need it desperately, and, usually, we need it before God is willing to give it to us."
- Peter Gzowski

"The festival of Floralia began around the year 258 BCE. Pagan Romans celebrated for six days, from April 27th to May 3rd, honouring their Goddess of Spring and of Flowers, Flora. Flora, known as Chloris to the Greeks, was a beautiful and serene Goddess, the Queen of Spring. She was married to Zephyrus, the west wind, and her temple is in Aventine. Floralia was a time a great merriment and rejoicing in ancient Rome. During the festival, Romans would cast off their habitual white robes for more colourful garments, especially green ones. They would also deck themselves and everything around them in flowers then engage in all sorts of activities. There would be feasting, singing, dancing, and gaming. Offerings of milk and honey were made to the goddess Flora. Goats and hares meant to symbolize fertility were let loose in gardens and fields as protectors in Flora's honour. Singing filled the air and dancers stomped the ground to awaken nature and bring it back to life. Ancient roman prostitutes in particular enjoyed this festival as they considered Flora their patron goddess. So Floralia was especially important to them. They participated in many events, from performing naked in the theatre to gladiatorial feats. With the occupation of Rome in many countries of the western world at the time, especially in Britain and continental Europe, the festival of Floralia spread, with each country adding its own special touches to the festivities. And finally, Floralia became MayDay. Many countries choose a May Queen to preside over the day's activities and children dance around the Maypole. Some collect flowers on May Eve for the next day and some couples even make love in their garden to ensure fertility. One belief that has been passed on is that one should wash one's face with the dew from MayDay morn to obtain lasting beauty."
- Linda Cassleman, Floralia

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"It's almost here - It's safe to say
I saw a Crocus yesterday
Its' colors bright - A lovely thing
My heart Rejoiced! 'Twil soon be Spring!

The winter blues will soon be gone
And birds will soon burst forth in song
The coral bells will gently ring
The Daphne yells "It's almost Spring!"

It's neary here! It's coming fast!
The Robins will appear at last
Oh Wonderous Joy! I too shall sing!
And join in Nature's "Song for Spring"
- M. Garren, Song for Spring

"Tis the noon of the spring-time,
Yet never a bird In the wind-shaked elm or the maple is heard;
For green meadow-grasses wide levels of snow,
And blowing of drifts where the crocus should blow;
Where wind-flower and violet, amber and white;
On south-sloping brooksides should smile in the light,
O'er the cold winter-beds of their late-waking roots
The frosty flake eddies, the ice crystal shoots;
And, longing for light, under wind-driven heaps,
Round the boles of the pine-wood the ground-laurel creeps,
Unkissed of the sunshine, unbaptized of showers,
With buds scarcely swelled, which should burst into flowers!"
- John Greenleaf Whittier, April

"That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer."
- Robert Herrick

" 'Tis spring; come out to ramble
The hilly brakes around,
For under thorn and bramble
About the hollow ground
The primroses are found.
And there's the windflower chilly
With all the winds at play,
And there's the Lenten lily
That has not long to stay
And dies on Easter day."
- A. E. Housman, The Lent Lilly, 1896

"April is no month for burials."
- Leo Cox, Rite of Spring

"Black butterflies
making love -
April moon."
- Mike Garofalo, Cuttings

"Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trails its wreath;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.

The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure;
But the least motion which they made,
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.

The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can
That there was pleasure there.

If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?"
- William Wordsworth, Lines Written in Early Spring

"I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face. "
- Langston Hughes

"Winter's done, and April's in the skies,
Earth, look up with laughter in your eyes!"
- Charles G. D. Roberts, An April Adoration, 1896

"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar."
- Helen Hayes

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"Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint,
And sweet thyme true,
Primrose, first born child of Ver,
Merry Spring-time's harbinger."
- Francis Beaumont, Two Noble Kinsmen

"For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see.
Glory then in the springs that are yours. "
- Pam Brown

"Narcotic greens
narcotic greens
like reeling firmaments disclose
in their appearing randomness
the sweetest means that you or she
or any wandering Thales might
choose to be
wonder-struck with
at the moment
when we die"
- Marianne Bluger, In April

"I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils."
- William Wordsworth

"The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee, a clover, anytime, to him, is aristocracy."
- Emily Dickinson

"In spring when maple buds are red,
We turn the clock an hour ahead;
Which means, each April that arrives,
We lose an hour out of our lives.

Who cares? When autumn birds in flocks
Fly southward, back we turn the clocks,
And so regain a lovely thing
That missing hour we lost in spring."
- Phyllis McGinley, Daylight Savings Time

"Around a flowering tree, one finds many insects."
- Proverb from Guinea

"Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the spring when it is gone."
- Roy R. Gilson

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring."
- Bern Williams

"Spring is the Period
Express from God.
Among the other seasons
Himself abide,

But during March and April
None stir abroad
Without a cordial interview
With God."
- Emily Dickinson, Spring is the Period, #844

"I smile, of course,
And go on drinking tea,
Yet with these April sunsets, that somehow recall
My buried life, and Paris in the Spring,
I feel immeasurably at peace, and find the world
To be wonderful and youthful, after all."
- Henry James, Portrait of a Lady

"Hail in the Spring, a start of new beginnings.
Creativity awe-inspiring gives a reason to be living.
Plant life showing life anew, a wonder to be found.
New born lambs playing in the fields, birds nesting all around
People enjoying the sun and the warmth, feeling good to be alive.
Spring gives a purpose to our lives, a touch of Paradise."
- Kay M. Sutton, Bring in the Spring

"This I saw on an April day:
Warm rain spilt from a sun-lined cloud,
A sky-flung wave of gold at evening,
And a cock pheasant treading a dusty path
Shy and proud.

And this I found in an April field:
A new white calf in the sun at noon,
A flash of blue in a cool moss bank,
And tips of tulips promising flowers
To a blue-winged loon."
- James Hearst, In April

"Forsythia is pure joy. There is not an ounce, not a glimmer of sadness or even knowledge
in forsythia. Pure, undiluted, untouched joy."
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"Cloud-topped and splendid, dominating all
The little lesser hills which compass thee,
Thou standest, bright with April's buoyancy,
Yet holding Winter in some shaded wall
Of stern, steep rock; and startled by the call
Of Spring, thy trees flush with expectancy
And cast a cloud of crimson, silently,
Above thy snowy crevices where fall
Pale shrivelled oak leaves, while the snow beneath
Melts at their phantom touch. Another year
Is quick with import. Such each year has been.
Unmoved thou watchest all, and all bequeath
Some jewel to thy diadem of power,
Thou pledge of greater majesty unseen."
- Amy Lowell, Monadnock in Early Spring

"The snow has left the cottage top;
The thatch moss grows in brighter green;
And eaves in quick succession drop,
Where grinning icicles have been,
Pit-patting with a pleasant noise
In tubs set by the cottage door;
While duck and geese, with happy joys,
Plunge in the yard pond brimming over.
The sun peeps through the window pane:
Which children mark with laughing eye,
And in the wet street steal again
To tell each other spring is night."
- John Clare

"A flower's fragrance declares to all the world that it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs oozing with nectar. Its smell reminds us in vestigial ways of fertility, vigor, life-force, all the optimism, expectancy, and passionate bloom of youth. We inhale its ardent aroma and, no matter what our ages, we feel young and nubile in a world aflame with desire."
- Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses

"The peace and beauty of a spring day had descended upon the earth like a benediction. "
- Kate Chopin

"When March goes on forever,
And April's twice as long,
Who gives a damn if spring has come,
As long as winter's gone."
- R. L. Ruzicka

"Kind hearts are the gardens;
kind thoughts are the roots;
kind words are the flowers;
kind deeds are the fruits."
- English Proverb

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

"April rain is here again;
Hear it pitter, pitter, patter,
On the leaves and on the trees,
See it spitter, spitter, spatter.
Rain, oh rain, don't go away
We need you for flow'rs in May;
Drip, drip, drop and do not stop,
Send a little rain our way."
- Nina B. Hartford, April Rain

"There is not any haunt of prophecy,
Nor any old chimera of the grave,
Neither the golden underground, nor isle
Melodious, where spirits gat them home,
Nor visionary south, nor cloudy palm
Remote on heaven's hill, that has endured
As April's green endures; or will endure
Like her remembrance of awakened birds,
Or her desire for June and evening, tipped
By the consummation of the swallow's wings."
- Wallace Stevens, Sunday Morning

"Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again. "
- Gustav Mahler

"Is it so small a thing
To have enjoyed the sun,
To have lived light in the spring,
To have loved, to have thought, to have done?"
- Matthew Arnold, Empedocles on Etna, 1870

April's Moons

"Ashes Moon, Awakening Moon, Big Spring Moon, Big Summer Moon, Black Oaks Tassel Moon, Broken Snowshoe Moon, Budding Time Moon, Budding Trees Moon, Bullhead Moon, Cherry Blossom Moon, Daisy Moon, Moon, Egg Moon, Moon, Fish Moon, Flower Moon, Frog Moon, Glittering Snow on Lake Moon, Grass Moon, Gray Goose Moon, Great Sand Storm Moon, Green Grass Moon,, Growing Moon, Half Spring Moon, Hare Moon, Ice Breaking in the River Moon, Leaf Split Moon, Loon Moon, Maple Moon, Maple Sugar Moon, Maple Sap Boiling Moon, Moon of Greening Grass, Moon of Red Grass Appearing, Moon of the Big Leaves, Moon of the Red Grass Appearing, Moon of Windbreak, Moon When Geese Return in Scattered Formation, Moon When Nothing Happens, Moon When the Geese Lay Eggs, Moon When They Set Indian Corn, Peony Moon, Pink Moon, Planter's Moon, Planting Corn Moon, Planting Moon, Poinciana Moon, Red Grass Appearing Moon, Ring Finger Moon, Snowshoe Breaking Moon, Spring Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Strawberry Moon, Strong Moon, Sugar Maker Moon, Summer Moon, Sweet Pea Moon, Tulip Moon, White Lady Moon, Wildcat Moon, Willow Moon, Wind Moon, Wisteria Moon, Yellow Moon"
- Kerrdulne, Beyond the Fields We Know

"Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To fly -- and Lo! The Bird is on the Wing.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it."
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

"In many ways April is a kind of down time, shoulder season, off-peak, a kind of gray zone between the big winter events and the promise of summer. So perhaps it is the crocuses, the slightly warmer days, the lengthening hours of light that makes April also about poetry. Popularly conceived of as off-peak, the practice of poetry seems to fit in with the promise of the season.
- Loss Pequeno Glazier, Poems for April

"The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It was spring. "
- Burl Ives

"When the grass was closely mown,
Walking on the lawn alone,
In the turf a hole I found,
And hid a soldier underground.

Spring and daisies came apace;
Grasses hide my hiding place;
Grasses run like a green sea
O'er the lawn up to my knee."
- Robert Louis Stevenson, The Dumb Soldier

"The Roman Goddess of Love 'Aprilis' was honoured when naming the month of 'April'. As part of the seasonal calendar April is the time of the 'Growing Moon' according to Pagan beliefs and the period described as the 'Moon of the Red Grass Appearing' by Black Elk (Black Elk Speaks, Neihardt). It is also the last month of 'Imbolc', before 'Beltaine'. Mark, of the gospels, features as a strong influence within the early Celtic church at this time of year (see February introduction). The need to toil the land, to work to achieve the ends is further symbolised by his work, that of spreading the news of the gospels and in the significance of the pilgrimage, the journey to achieve enlightenment. Early pilgrims were influenced by the laws of nature, in a similar way to the pre-Christians belief and practice of ritual and folklore related to nature, reading the actions of animals to lead them to a place of rest. Most important in this month are the cattle or oxen, the deer or stag, and of course the ram (Aries). The spirit was believed to be renewed in this month and therefore there was a need to let go of unnecessary worries and focus on the purpose, the commitment of faith and practice, to resurrect the slumbering energies if the months ahead were to be of service to the deities and God. 'Brigid' (1 February) and 'Columcille' (7 June) were joint protectors of cattle and it was practice at this time to hope that the protection asked for during the period of Samhain had been granted and that the cattle would be healthy, so ensuring that when winter returned meat would be plentiful providing strength in the months of darkness (Samhain and Imbolc)."
- April - Mystical World Wide Web

"Once a day and sometimes more
I look out my day dream door
To see if spring is out there yet
I'm really anxious, but mustn't fret.

I see the snow a melting down
and lots of mud and slush around
I know the grass will surely sprout
and birds and flowers will come about.

But why oh why does it take so long?
I'm sure the calendar can't be wrong.
Sunshine fills my heart with cheer
I wish that spring were really here."
- Edna T. Helberg, Longing for Spring

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"I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees."
- Pablo Neruda

Astrological Signs: Aries, March 21 - April 20

Astrological Signs: Taurus, April 21 - May 20

April Birthstones: Diamond

"April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers."
- Edna St. Vincent Millay

"All along the road the reddish
purplish, forked, upstanding, twiggy
stuff of bushes and small trees
with dead, brown leaves under them
leafless vines—

Lifeless in appearance, sluggish
dazed spring approaches—

They enter the new world naked,
cold, uncertain of all
save that they enter. All about them
the cold, familiar wind—

Now the grass, tomorrow
the stiff curl of wildcarrot leaf

One by one objects are defined—
It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf

But now the stark dignity of
entrance—Still, the profound change
has come upon them: rooted they
grip down and begin to awaken."
- William Carlos Williams, Spring and All

"April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day occurs annually on April 1. The day is generally observed by playing a practical joke on a "victim" who soon becomes known as an April Fool. This custom is thought to have started in France during the 16th century but the British are credited with bringing it to the United States. The commonly accepted origin of April Fool's Day involves changes in the calendar. At one time, the New Year celebration began on March 25 and ended on April 1. However, in 1582, King Charles IX adopted the Gregorian calendar and accepted the beginning of the new year as January 1. Those who refused to acknowledge the new date or simply forgot received foolish gifts and invitations to nonexistent parties. The butt of such a prank was known as a "poisson d'avril" or "April fish."
- April's Fool's Day

"Yesterday the twig was brown and bare;
To-day the glint of green is there;
Tomorrow will be leaflets spare;
I know no thing so wondrous fair,
No miracle so strangely rare.
I wonder what will next be there!"
- L.H. Bailey

"When spring comes the grass grows by itself. "
- Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change. "
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. "
- Kenneth Grahame

"Lilacs, False Blue, White, Purple,
Colour of lilac,
Your great puffs of flowers
Are everywhere in this my New England ...
Lilacs in dooryards
Holding quiet conversation with an early moon;
Lilacs watching a deserted house; ...
Lilacs, wind-beaten, staggering under a lopsided shock of bloom,
You are everywhere."
- Amy Lowell

"Flora, , Goddess of Spring, Flowers, and youthful pleasures The Queen of Spring is a beautiful and serene Goddess. She was married to Zephyrus, the west wind. Flora is the twin sister to Faunus, the god of wild creatures, originally was called Sabine was also known as Chloris to the Greeks. It was a celebration of Nature in full blossom, a carnival of sexual fun and liberty and marked by the consumption of oceans of grog. Beans and other seeds were planted, representing fecundity. Originally a movable feast controlled by the condition of the crops and flowers, it’s believed to have been instituted in 238 BCE under the command of an oracle in the Sibylline books, with the purpose of gaining from the goddess the protection of the blossoms. Games were instituted in honour of Flora at that time, but were soon discontinued before being restored in 173 BCE in the consulship of L Postumius Albinus and M Popilius Laenas as a six-day festival, after storms had destroyed crops and vines. Offerings of milk and honey were made on this day and the surrounding five days, which comprise the Florifertum. The city would have been decorated in flowers, and the people would wear floral wreaths or flowers in their hair. Day and night there were games, pantomimes, theatre and stripteases with people of all classes in their brightest clothes. Goats and hares were let loose as they represented fertility. Gift-giving for the season included small vegetables as tokens of sex and fertility."
- May Day and the Roman Floralia

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"What delights us in the spring is more a sensation than an appearance, more a hope than any visible reality. There is something in the softness of the air, in the lengthening of the days, in the very sounds and odors of the sweet time, that caresses us and consoles us after the rigorous weeks of winter."
- Philip Gilbert Hamerton

"The flowers anew, returning seasons bring! But beauty faded has no second spring."
- Ambrose Philips

"Just now the lilac is in bloom
All before my little room."
- Rupert Brooke

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April

April Weather Lore

Typical Weather for Our Area Normally, in April, we have daytime high temperatures of 64şF, nighttime low temperatures of 42şF, and we get 2.7 inches of rain.

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An April flood carries away both the frog and his brood.

April showers bring May flowers.

April is half March, half May.

April weather: rain and sunshine both together.

April weather is more capricious than winter.

April weather likes to repeat the April Fool's Day.

April showers bring Spring flowers.

Don't ever bet on April weather.

April wet, good wheat.

A cold April brings us bread and wine.

Oak before Ash and we're in for a splash,
Ash before Oak and we're in for a soak.

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April Gardening Chores

Red Bluff, North Sacramento Valley, California, USA

USDA Zone 9

Typical Weather for Our Area Normally, in April, we have daytime high temperatures of 64şF, nighttime low temperatures of 42şF, and we get 2.7 inches of rain.

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April Gardening Chores in Red Bluff

Mow lawns and field.
Watering as needed.
Clean up and weed vegetable gardens.
Dig, roto-till, and amend garden soil.
Clean up hiding places for bugs.
Protect new tree trunks from sun - white paint.
Fertilize berry vines.
Enjoy the many roses, pyracanthas, trees, lavender and bottlebrush in bloom.
Spray trees and shrubs - borers.
Plant summer vegetables.
Shape shrubs.
Weed, weed, weed ....
Fertilize lawns.
Prune shrubs after flowering.
Write a poem. Keep a garden journal.
Plant perennials.
Prune evergreens.
Plant seeds.
Hummingbird feeders cleaned and in place.
Remove dead branches and trees.
Use straw as mulch.
Don't get sunburnt.
Flush driplines and check to make sure they are working properly.
Sit and observe.

April Gardening Chores and Tips for Other Gardening Zones

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52 Weeks in the California Garden by Richard Smaus

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Red Bluff, Rural Northern California

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April

Quotations for Gardeners, Walkers, and Lovers of the Green Way Poems, Quotes, Folklore, Myths, Customs, Holidays, Traditions, Verses Celebrations, Sayings, Poetry, Quips, Lore, Links, Recommended Reading Gardening Chores for the Month of April

Compiled by Karen and Mike Garofalo Green Way Research, Red Bluff, California

The Month of April Poetry, Quotations, Saying, Facts, Information, Quips

Ostara: Customs, Spells & Rituals for the Rites of Spring By Edain McCoy

Easter, Passover, and Other Spring Festivals by Ann Morrill

Beltane: Springtime Rituals, Lore and Celebration by Raven Grimassi

In Celebration of Spring: A Book of Seasonal Indulgences by Helen Thompson

Spring: Recipes Inspired by Nature's Bounty (Williams-Sonoma Seasonal Celebration) by Joanne Weir

The Spring Equinox: Celebrating the Greening of the Earth by Ellen Jackson

Celebrating the Seasons of Life: Beltane to Mabon by Ashleen O'Gaea. A good study of four spring and summer celebrations that is rich in details and ideas.

Complete Seasons Cookbook by Joanne Weir

Creating Circles & Ceremonies: Rituals for All Seasons And Reasons by Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart. This is a valuable collection of information, poetry, rituals, songs, and craft activities for seasonal celebrations.

Earth Bound: Daily Meditations for All Seasons by Brian Nelson

Exploring the Northern Tradition by Galina Drasskova Seasonal celebrations from the Northern European folk traditions.

The Green Man (Personification of the Powers of Spring and Summer): Lore, Quotes, Bibliography, Customs

In Nature's Honor: Myths And Rituals Celebrating The Earth by Patricia Montley

Llewellyn's Sabbats Almanac Annual Editions

"The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli

The Magickal Year: A Pagan Perspective On the Natural World by Diana Ferguson

Months of the Year Quotes, Poems, Sayings, Lore, Gardening Chores

Sabbats: A New Approach to Living the Old Ways by Edain McCoy. Practical suggestions for seasonal holiday celebrations.

Ostara: Customs, Spells & Rituals for the Rites of Spring By Edain McCoy

Easter, Passover, and Other Spring Festivals by Ann Morrill

Beltane: Springtime Rituals, Lore and Celebration by Raven Grimassi

In Celebration of Spring: A Book of Seasonal Indulgences by Helen Thompson

Spring: Recipes Inspired by Nature's Bounty (Williams-Sonoma Seasonal Celebration) by Joanne Weir

The Spring Equinox: Celebrating the Greening of the Earth by Ellen Jackson

The Language of Spring: Poems for the Season of Renewal Edited by Robert Atwan

Frost of Spring Green: A Collection of Poetry By Karen Matsuko Hood

Spring Garden: New and Selected Poems by Fred Chappell

Sacred Fire, Holy Well: A Druid's Grimoire by Ian Corrigan. Thoughtful poems and rituals for seasonal holidays by a true Druid Bard.

The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess by Starhawk

Walkers Between the Worlds: The Western Mysteries from Shaman to Magus by Caitlin Matthews

Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life by Pauline Campanelli. Excellent ideas for seasonal crafts.

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham

Wisdom of the Elements: The Sacred Wheel of Earth, Air, Fire and Water by Margie McArthur

Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses: Gardening with California Monocots by Nora Harlow

Intimacy: The Sensual Essence of Flowers by Joyce Tenneson

Daylilies: The Perfect Perennial by Nancy Hill

Daylilies for the Garden by Graeme Grosvenor

Hollyhocks and Honeybees: Garden Projects for Young Children by Sara Starbuck

All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! by Mel Bartholomew

The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual: Essential Gardening Know-How for Keeping (Not Killing) More Than 160 Indoor Plants by Barbara Pleasant

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long by Eliot Coleman

Holy Shit: Managing Manure To Save Mankind by Gene Logsdon

How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office by B. C. Wolverton

Indoor Plants: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Caring for Houseplants by Grahame Clarke

The Indoor Plant Bible: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Caring for Indoor, Greenhouse, and Patio Plants by Dorte Nielson

Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home (Susanka) by Julie Moir Messervy and Sarah Susanka

The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times by Carol Deppe

Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners by Susanne Ashworth and Kent Whealy

Western Garden Book: More than 8,000 Plants - The Right Plants for Your Climate Over 8,000 plants described.

The Vegetable Gardener's Bible (10th Anniversary Edition) by Edward C. Smith

The Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible: How to Grow a Bounty of Food in Pots, Tubs, and Other Containers by Edward C. Smith

Burpee : The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically by Karan Davis Cutler

Common Herbs for Natural Health (Herbals of Our Foremothers) by Juliette de Bairacli and Heather Wood Levy

The Complete Herbal Handbook for the Dog and Cat by Juliette de Barcali Levy

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Cunningham's Encyclopedia Series) by Scott Cunningham

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments by Andrew Chevallier

From Earth to Herbalist: An Earth-Conscious Guide to Medicinal Plants by Gregory L. Tilford

Growing & Using Herbs Successfully (Garden Way Book) by Betty E.M. Jacobs

Growing 101 Herbs That Heal: Gardening Techniques, Recipes, and Remedies by Tammi Hartung

Healing Wise (Wise Woman Herbal Series) by Susun S. Weed

Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria (Storey Medicinal Herb Guide) by Stephen Harrod Buhner

The Herbal Handbook: A User's Guide to Medical Herbalism by David Hoffmann FNIMH AHG

Recommended Reading and Links

April Weather Lore

April Gardening Chores

Red Bluff, North Sacramento Valley, California, USA

USDA Zone 9

April Gardening Chores in Red Bluff

April Gardening Chores and Tips for Other Gardening Zones

Photographs in April

Karen and Mike Garofalo Red Bluff, Rural Northern California

Quotations for Gardeners, Walkers, and Lovers of the Green Way
Poems, Quotes, Folklore, Myths, Customs, Holidays, Traditions, Verses
Celebrations, Sayings, Poetry, Quips, Lore, Links, Recommended Reading
Gardening Chores for the Month of April

Compiled by Karen and Mike Garofalo
Green Way Research, Red Bluff, California

The Month of April
Poetry, Quotations, Saying, Facts, Information, Quips

Karen and Mike Garofalo
Red Bluff, Rural Northern California