The Worm Moon, also known as the blood moon, appeared this week across the Earth in a deep dark red color. Occurring only once per year, t is an ancient springtime feast which honors the changing of seasons, for which earth worms emerge from the thawing, warming soil.
Being in a Ukrainian American family, we are very agrarian people, and we made it a point to honor the worm moon.
My small children and I celebrated the Worm Moon by planting the Moringa Seeds we harvested earlier this winter. We planted 65 pots, using real worm castings harvested from our small farm. Worm castings, or the remains left behind by worms, as you must guess… are incredibly rich in nutrients producing a black soil, almost like Chornozym….
The Moringa tree is known as the “Miracle Tree”. But it is no miracle – rather in the plant’s potent DNA, a compact genome uniquely rich in zeatin, a natural hormone that promotes rapid growth, delays senescence, and boosts crop yields.
Because of it’s powerful genetic makeup, under the proper and most basic conditions, farmers of this Miracle Tree claim a 100% germination rate.
ingested orally and used topically, almost every part from seed to stem to root can prevent sickness, and heal wounds . high in nutrients it’s leaves have the ability to make mammals produce increased lactation ( i fed it to my milking goats daily back when I was dairy farming before the war, and ate it myself when i nursed my own babes).
Another local Moringa farmer in my Southwest Florida region consumes ground moringa leaf powder, and tells me he has not become ill in 20 years.
This past winter, i brought some fresh leaves to make tea for a Ukrainian soldier who recently lost his leg in the war, and i believe he’s doing much better than he was now….. it just may be…that this subtropical herb has untapped benefits in modern military medicine….
The power of the Moringa tree is unquestionable, with some governments declaring war on it’s existence, claiming it to be an invasive species…. but in reality, this tree has the ability to produce a sustainable amount of carbon in this subtropical environments which it so thrives, allowing it’s cultivators a great level of independence from commercial fuel sources.
But while this “Miracle Tree” can grow to a monstrosity at an incredibly alarming rate, with some governments declaring war on our dear healing there is one point of weakness in the belly of the beast …….. it’s root. While although it is a nitrogen fixer, meaning that the root actually produces nutrients to benefit surrounding soil, if damaged especially at a young age can lead to the perishing of the entire tree.
That is why me and my children planted in paper-pot planters, so when the pots are inserted into the soil, it dissolves, allowing the tree’s root to grow unharmed.
If anybody is interested in obtaining a freshly potted seed ripe with earthworm castings from my moringa stock, please feel free to message me at alexandra.zakhvatayev@gmail.com. Likewise, we have seeds in the hundreds that can be shipped anywhere…………
How did you celebrate worm moon?
Happy Spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
– Alexandra Zakhvatayev
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