A Letter For The Turning Season
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MARCH
A LETTER FOR THE TURNING SEASON
Welcome to the first issue of A Winter’s Tale.
Each month, I’ll be gathering up the folklore, seasonal rhythms and small rituals that make the year feel magical.
March is my birthday month so although I’m another year older, it still brings excitement.
The light changes first, the days getting longer and I find myself opening doors briefly, just to let in the chilly, fresh air and to hear the birdsong.
There’s a quiet restlessness to March — not quite spring, not quite winter. A sense that the year is getting ready.
This month is for noticing the turning season and the first signs of Spring. So let’s put the kettle on, settle down & welcome March together.
— Heidi x
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The Almanac
🌕 Full Moon (Worm Moon): 3rd March 2026
✨ Constellation: Leo - visible in early spring evenings
♓ Pisces: until 20th March
♈ Aries: from 21st March
🌼Flower: Daffodil - renewal, hope, resilience_
🐇Animal: Hare - folklore symbol of spring
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March's full moon carries the old name of the Worm Moon, a reminder that beneath the surface the soil is beginning to stir.
March is a month of two signs:
Dreamy Pisces until the 20th and bold Aries from the 21st.
The Spring Equinox arrives on the 20th, an equal balance of day and night.
The cheerful daffodil, the emblem of Wales & St David, nods its head in the breeze, a symbol of hope & new beginnings.
The mysterious hare has been woven into the mythology of the British Isles for centuries, it appears in folklore across cultures as a symbol of transformation, intuition & wild freedom.
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In The Hedgerow
Things to spot this month:
• Frogspawn gathering in ponds
• Catkins hanging from hazel branches
• First bees venturing out
•Blossom buds swelling on blackthorn
• Skylarks rising over fields
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A Poem
From "The Spring" by Thomas Carew
Now that the winter's gone, the earth has lost
His snow-white robes, and now no more the frost
Candies the grass, or casts an icy cream
Upon the silver lake or crystal stream...
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Seasonal Table
Seeded Soda Bread
Ingredients:
250g plain flour
250g wholemeal flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1tsp salt
400ml buttermilk
A handful of mixed seeds
Instructions:
Mix dry ingredients. Stir in the buttermilk to form a soft dough.
Shape into a round, score a cross in the top.
Bake at 200°C for 30-35 minutes until golden.
Serve warm with butter.
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Until next month...
Thank you so much for reading, it means the world to me. I hope March is kind to you, I hope you have daffodils in a vase & bread on your table. And quiet, candlelit evenings where the world outside feels very far away.
With love from the Surrey Hills x