November

November moon names: Snow Moon, Dark Moon, Fog Moon, Beaver Moon, Mourning Moon, Blotmonath (Sacrifice Month), Herbistmonoth (Harvest Month), Mad Moon, Moon of Storms, Moon When Deer Shed Antlers.

November is also the month we hibernate our tortoises and like the “The Tortoise Lady” we’ve always hibernated ours in boxes filled with shredded newspaper in the garage. Nighty-night sweet friends… see you in the Spring around Easter time. Our hatchlings we keep warm and fed through at least two winters before allowing them to hibernate for the first time. This year we have five hibernating and four in an aquarium, three entering their second year and one that hatched just last month.