New Month begins: August 1, 2012 Lammas Day & Full Moon (Almanac reminders)

from Old Farmer's Almanac (online list serv from ALMANAC dot-com : Dublin, NH)

Welcome August!

Named for Augustus Caesar, the month of August once had the Anglo-Saxon label of Weodmonath, or “weed month.” If you haven’t been weeding your garden all along, now’s the time to plunge in!

Lammas Day—August 1Lammas Day traditionally marked the harvesttime in old England. Loaves of bread were baked from the first-ripened grain, consecrated in churches, and eaten.
PROVERB: After Lammas Day, corn ripens as much by night as by day.

–proverb

Full Sturgeon Moon—August 1
Did you know? There are two full Moons this August!

Weather Blog:

An August El Niño?
Do you want cooler temperatures and more rain? It may be coming.