Shadowlands' Celebrations: Fall's Feast (Labor Day)

Fall's Feast is a Celebration we enjoy greatly as a family.  It is the end of the Monsoon Season and the Beginning of Fall.  We normally have our little feast on September 1st which is the start of meteorological fall, though we might also have friends and family over and celebrate along with the "Labor Day" weekend too.  It is a day of changing, Summer/Monsoon's annual garden is pulled.  Herbs are cut back and hung to dry.  If weather permits, a fall foraging gathering is done.  We decorate for the Fall, inside and outside.  Then the evening's feast is served.

Example of a Fall's Feast Blessing: 

"Creator of All, we thank You for this Fall's Feast.  As we gather here this day, may we always give thanks for the cooling days of fall, the warm clothing made by loving hands, and for the roots, dried berries, smoked meats, fall gardens, and evergreen foraging which will sustain us into this coming winter.  As we eat this feast set out before us, may we never forget those who taught us to live here in the wild shadowlands."

Example of Fall's Feast Crafts:

  • Basket Making 
  • Weaving
  • Corn Husk Dolls 
  • Plant Fall Root Crops (Carrots, Turnips, Radishes)
  • Make a Leave Wreath
Example of Fall's Feast Food:
  • Elk Stakes
  • Roasted Turnip Greens with Walnuts
  • Mushrooms in au jus sauce
  • Baked Acorn Squash 
  • Mulled Cider
  • Apple Turnovers (with yucca flour crust)
As most of these are wild hunted or foraged/gathered for us (local apples picked, mushrooms from local farms, turnip greens from our garden).  Elk, Mutton, Venison, or Bison are hunted or bought from local farms.  While we are not 80% local yet, we are still working towards our goal to get close to that by 2030, and local foods take us a long way to that goal.

Then, if the night allows, we head out and roast marshmallows over the firepit with more cider.  There we share stories like Fall's Feastivities.   All in all, Fall's Feast is typically a joyful start to the fall season.

How do you celebrate the beginning of Fall on Journey?

In Umbra Terras,

 Lady Morria

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