Skip to content  Notes from the Border: Harvest in Vermont
Posted on October 1, 2010 | Blog Category: By Rebecca Reimers
As the harvest season begins in earnest in Vermont, I am once
again grateful to live someplace where I and my children can be
in tune with the seasonal changes that lead to fall’s bounty. As
a child growing up in New Jersey, the brightest objects in my
night sky were the moon and the satellites that managed to
penetrate the permanent soft-red glow of electric lights
reflecting back from the low atmosphere. In Vermont, I have
become much more aware of the cycles of the moon and the
changing of daylight with the seasons. Because of this, I have
been able to connect more fully not only with my own religious
traditions, but with the traditions of farming cultures the
world over.  In Judaism, the fall harvest festival of Sukkot is
also referred to as the Feast of the Ingathering. Originating in
a part of the world where there were three harvest feasts each
year, Sukkot has many environmental t