Lughnasadh and the Woods

Its Lughnasadh time :-) ... but this is the farming season festival I have a challenge with. Farming season festivals? Imbolc the seeding, though few can actually seed at this time now. Bealtaine the blossoming and, of course, fertility. Lughnasadh the harvesting though some say first harvest; Mabon being second harvest. Samhain the storing for winter or some say third harvest. Lughnasadh is a time for celebration of a new harvest, some say first harvest. Whatever it is called, now is our most lush and abundant time here in the Northern Hemisphere, especially between latitudes 45 degrees to 60 degrees. A tale is told, in many ways, about a woman called Tailtiu clearing the forests of the chieftain kingdoms of Brega, Mide and some say Breifne too, though I doubt these names or their boundaries existed in De Dannan times. She cleared them to make way for the Tuatha De Dannan farms while also being foster mother and mentor for the warrior, master of many trades, he