08/01/2026
Wishing you all an abundant Lughnasadh/Lammas (first harvest) 🌾🍑🫛
Today is Lughnasadh, a Celtic festival honoring the Earth Goddess, Tailtiu, who was foster mother to the Sun God, Lugh. To honor her memory after her passing, Lugh established this as a funeral feast and festival of games. Lughnasadh marks the first harvest of the season and the nearing end of summer.
Ways to celebrate:
- Go to a farmer's market
- Play sports/games outdoors
- Go swimming
- Make baked goods
- Visit a local farm
- Create something (art, pottery, crafts, color, knit, etc.)
- If you grow produce, pick any that are ripe and incorporate it into one of your meals today.
- Do something FUN!
- Hang out with friends/family
- Cook a feast for dinner: focus on fresh produce, grains, dairy.
- Play an instrument or music
- Pick flowers and make a bouquet (one for you and one for a friend)
- Soak up the sun (safely), as summer is coming to an end soon.
- Do some gardening
- Have a picnic
- Go outside, lay down in the grass and ground.
A time to celebrate the first harvest of the year, and recognize that the hot summer days will soon come to an end. The plants of spring wither and drop seeds to ensure future crops. Grains are ready to be harvested and the fruits are ripe for picking. We give thanks for the food on our tables. As w
