1. Collect corn husks, dry and store in shade. "Corn" was a generic term for grain/cereal crops (i.e., wheat, barley, oats) and New World corn was added after 1520. Our winter wheat is harvested in May and June where I live. We can collect wild wheat stalks and seeds, tie, and hang in shade. We can pick fruit (apricots, figs and plums) and dry.

2. Tend your garden daily. Water your garden each day. Weed your vegetable garden. Harvest squash, tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables from your garden each day. Review list of chores for July, and act accordingly. To hot to plant in Red Bluff, but check on potted plants (i.e., fertilize, weed, larger pots, etc.) getting reading for late autumn planting.

3. Read about the First Harvest Celebration. Add notes and links to books, magazines, and webpages on the subject.

4. Donate to a charity that helps feed people. Donate to a charity or development agency that helps people improve their ability to grow and store food. Donate to or help with cause that emphasizes improving the agricultural environment.

5. Read about and make a loaf of bread. Loaves of bread are a traditional part of the First Harvest Feast.
Break bread into four pieces and place at each of the Four Corners altars.

6. Add some appropriate First Harvest songs, chants, invocations, or poems to your Neo-Pagan Craft Journal, Book of Shadows, Ritual Handbook, etc..

7. Check out astronomical details about the rising of the Dog Star, Sirius, in late July, and the beginning of the "Dog Days of Summer."

8. Prepare for the "Games" of the First Harvest Feast. The Greek Olympics and Roman Heracleia games were held at this time. What games might you play? Horseshoes, boche ball, croquet, volleyball, badminton, frisbee, baseball .... Get your equipment and playing court ready.

9. Renew supplies of your favorite ritual-recreational drug: coffee, tobacco, alcohol (whiskey, beer, wine), fuzzy herbs, etc..
Whiskey is often part of a summer feast celebration. ADF Druids like to pass some whiskey around for sacramental toasts.

10. Stay at home. Eliminate long driving trips. Do you really need to "Go" anywhere? Do you really need to fly by airplane to another country? Explore your backyard, neighborhood, local community, nearby city, county wide area, regional area within 100 miles.

11. Write in your personal or magickal journal. Many keep a Neo-Pagan notebook, journal or log as part of their experimental work.

12. Think about the power of the sun. How can we use solar power? Dry your clothes in the sun. Build a simple box with screen so you can use the power of the summer sun to dry your fresh fruit.

13. Practice discursive meditation while watering. Read about discursive meditation in J. M. Greer's "The Druidry Handbook, p. ?. Here are some themes to stimulate the active imagination during discursive meditation:
What are the relations between Chaos, Gaia, and Eros?
What role does more sunlight play in bringing forth the bountiful harvest?
Is moving water the fundamental living force?

14. Implement new ways to stay cool that use less electrical energy. Switch to an evaporative cooler in areas with low humidity. Keep all windows covered. Carefully place fans to circulate air indoors. Work early in the morning and rest in the hot afternoon. Drink plenty of water. If your nights are cooler, under 80, draw the cool air indoors at night. A gable fan can really help reduce heat indoors.

15. If you are a musician, learn to play one new song for the summer feast and holy day.

16. This is a good month for celebrating. We, in America, celebrate the Fourth of July. Be try to be very thankful for our peaceful and bountiful life in America. We are thankful for our religious freedom and the 1st Amendment. Americanism and patriotism are forms of a popular religion - we should reflect on our symbols and heritage.

17. The Celtic God, Luga (lugh, Lugh Long Hand), is noted for his high level skills at many arts and crafts: smith, carpenter, bard, healer, magician, gamesman, spear throwing, military leadership ... Get out your paintbrush. Fix something in the yard or garden or home. Tidy up the garden. Create something, make something ... Start learning a new practical skill or craft.