#garden witchery

[samwisethewitch]

Witches, this is your sign to declutter your craft supplies and throw away, recycle/compost, or otherwise get rid of expired herbs and all the stuff you bought on a whim and never use.

#doing some new years cleaning #i own so many herbs and resins i haven't used in over a year #witchblr #witch #witchcraft #kitchen witch #kitchen witchery #green witch #green witchery #garden witch #garden witchery #hearth witch #hearth witchery #cleaning #mine

[theowlshollow]

Absolutely convinced I do have a magic touch for growing plants from cuttings

And by plants I mean 'rosemary, specifically', because I'm 2 for 2 on turning a Thanksgiving leftover into a full-ass fucking bush with tap water and a mason jar; meanwhile the lavender and sage I bought are...

Well they're not dead yet!

#mysteriousowlscreamstothevoid #garden witchery #no seriously my old place I had a leftover sprig turn into a beautiful bush i could harvest from weekly #then i had to leave it because import rules :( #my newest one is doing great though she's not even a year old but i think #repotting & recent heatwave have done her good she is THRIVING #i think the sage just needs to dry out a tad #meanwhile the lavender is... i'm pretty sure it's holding a grudge for my not realizing its first pot didn't have drainage....... #which. fair. absolutely fair.

[rosalie-art]

Lost Garden pencil and digital 23 x 17 cm

#drawtober #full moon #lost garden #garden #greenhouse #booksandbotanicals #flower picking #stars aesthetic #conservatory #spooky season #halloween #drawing challenge #illustration #graphite #fantasy illustration #drawing #witchery

[tea-and-antlers]

I made some friends in the botanical gardens

#witchblr #witch #witchcraft #kitchen witch #magic #pagan #fuck terfs #lgbt witch #edinburgh #queer witch #witches of tumblr #witchery #witchy #green witch #witches of the world #witchy vibes #witchcore #witches #tea witches #fairy aesthetic #fairy tail #fairycore #fairies #fairy art #faerie #fairy tales #cottagecore #cottage garden #cottage witch #cottage aesthetic

[brightgnosis]

While the garden is a place of work, it is also a place of quiet contemplation, a place to rest and recharge, and a place to come to spirit. There is a restorative, energizing, inspiring magick in just being in the space.

From Backyard Garden Witchery: Creating Magickal Space Outside Your Door, published 2022; Laurel Woodward (My Ko-Fi Here)

#Backyard Garden Witchery: Creating Magickal Space Outside Your Door #Laurel Woodward #Gardening #Natural Connections #Religion & Magic #Quote

[wildwitchofthewest]

I've had this plant for a while, and I'm think I'm doing good in keeping it alive so far.

Everyone meet Willow. (Yes I named it/her)

It's an African Spear plant.

I know its a succulent, but I'm still proud of myself.

#me trying to keep a plant alive is going well so far #so far so good #honestly I have black thumb #but i'm doing my best #me dabbling in some plant magic/small scale gardening #random life things #my plants #plant magic #gardening #plant witch #witchcraft #witchblr #green witchcraft #green witchery #green witch #plant witchcraft

[quex-your-local-witch]

Herb Spotlight: Fleabane

Guess what bitches? It's ~Fleabane Season~

Fleabane is a "weed" (i.e., a wildflower in the Erigeron family) that is prevalent throughout North America, and grows like crazy if left to prosper in meadow-y areas. It looks very similar to domesticated daisies, albeit much smaller in flower size, more akin to German Chamomile. There are actually many different types of Fleabane, and the color of the petals can vary from white to yellow, or even a pinkish/purpley color. It's a composite flower, and it will have many flower heads per stem. Neat, huh?

Anyways, Fleabane had been used for thousands of years in North America by the indigenous peoples. It has both a variety of magickal and medicinal uses!

Magickal uses include:

Exorcism. Yes, like banishing-bad-sprits type of exorcism, along with banishment of negative energies. Burn it as you would any other herb bundle (sage, rosemary, cedar, etc) to exorcize a space of any negative entity or energy.

You can also use it to protect yourself by preventing bad spirits from arriving by hanging it around your home - either in bundles, or small sachets. Can be done in combination with St. John's Wort, wheat, and a few capers for best effect.

The seeds of the Fleabane flower tossed between the bedsheets promotes chastity. I guess if you really need someone (or yourself) to remain celibate for a time, this can come in handy - especially if the person co-sleeps with a partner.

Alignments of: feminine aspect, the planet Venus, and the element of Water.

Along with the metaphysical uses of Fleabane, there is a wide variety of medicinal uses for this plant (note: I am not a medical doctor. Do not take this as medical advice. Consult a physician or certified herbalist if you plan on taking it for any of these... ahem... more serious uses).

Medicinal uses include:

To reduce inflammation. Can be used in a poultice or a tea to treat inflammation about the body.

Wound ointment. Traditionally, the Cherokee made an ointment using the herb and tallow to made a balm or salve for cuts and scrapes, as it has astringent properties.

You can steep it in a Witch Hazel Extract solution to further enhance the astringent properties for use on skin.

The roots can be boiled in water to make a solution for "menstruation troubles" (i.e., to bring about a miscarriage. Dangerous. Do not do this).

Drinking a tea can also help break fevers and treat symptoms of the common cold

A diuretic, can help with certain kidney conditions (consult a doctor for this one to make sure no medications you are taking with interfere with its use. Do not use if you have a history of kidney disease) by breaking up any of the smaller particulates that would lead to kidney stones

Using the herb as an incense and inhaling the smoke can be used to treat head colds

Has antioxidant and neuroprotective properties from something called caffeic acid, which this plant has LOTS of!

Aids in digestion and can be used to treat diarrhea

May help with passive bleeding or minor hemorrhaging by being applied directly to the wound (don't take this advice, go to the fuckin ER)

Had been shown in some circumstances to inhibit the growth of cancerous tumors (for the love of God, see a doctor for this, don't take the advice of a post on tumblr dot com to treat cancer)

Isn't this plant so cool? And you cloud have it growing in your yard right now! I know I do, because I harvested a fuck ton of it today, evidenced here:

I'm going to dry all of these bundles and process them into cut and shifted leaves/stems and flowerheads. The two small bundles in the middle will be hung from the ceiling to ward off negative spirits and energies.

Now for some fun facts!

Despite the name Fleabane and the association of repelling fleas and ticks, there is no proven evidence that this works... at least for the dried herbs. I haven't found any studies on this for live plants.

The entire plant is edible, and is high in vitamin C! It was used to treat scurvy, and the cooked leaves taste like spinach (you can eat them raw, but there's little hairs all over it, which are not pleasant to consume)

These plants are high in caffeine! If you make a tea out of the flower heads the same way you would Chamomile, you get a nice floral tea with a kick to start your day off right.

Remember kids! I am *not* a doctor, so don't be using this to treat some weird ailment or cancer. And please, for the love of God, do some research on herbs before you use them medicinally. But in terms of the metaphysical properties, go ham! Have a blast! Banish that weird ghost in your house that likes to watch you pee!

And as always, have fun with your craft!

Sources:

Department of Agriculture, United States. Erigeron Philadelphicus, L. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=ERPH. Accessed April 17, 2023.

Cunningham, Scott. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. Llewellyn Publications, 1985.

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[candles-crystals-cauldrons]

Finally built our herb spiral, which was a lot of lugging of big rocks but definitely worth it, so happy with how it turned out, I still need to get a few more herbs to plant up, and I'm going to eventually have them all in the coco liners (except mint, as it goes crazy) because they rot down but I'm leaving things in pots now so I can move them around to see where they thrive

#my garden #herb spiral #witchblr #witchy #witchery #witch #green witch #garden witch #herbs #garden diy #garden planning

[elminx]

March in my garden is filled with the old dried-up bits of last year's bounty intermingled with tiny green buds that hold the hope of the whole world (or at least my fragile psyche) as a prisoner to their existence.

#witchblr #words #mine #in my garden #photography #plant allies #rosa rugosa #spring #green witchery

[samwisethewitch]

Our rose bush is in full bloom and Bealtaine/the Floralia is right around the corner and you all know what that means! Time to toss some in a Mason jar with fresh strawberries and wine.

Honestly infusions like this are such an easy way to make a cheap wine feel fancy and I absolutely 100% recommend trying it if you haven't.

#making an effort to use seasonal produce in all my holy day feasts this year #bealtaine #beltane #floralia #irish paganism #irish polytheism #religio romana #roman paganism #queer pagans #queer witch #garden witchery #green witchcraft #kitchen witchcraft #mine #recipe

[thejewitches]

The mint patch...

Lavender for sleep. Rosemary for clarity. Rose for love. Those are the basics, according to the Internet. But there is so much more to herbalism, and the use of herbs, especially in the Jewish tradition. READ MORE

#jewitches #judaism #jewish #jewish magic #herbalism #herbs #green witch #apothecary #mint #gardening #gardener #garden #witchcraft #witch #witches #witchy #witchery #witchblr

[wicked-witch-dude]

So I decided to make an outdoor altar

#witchblr #witchcraft #witch community #witches of tumblr #witch #witches #witch altar #outdoor altar #garden altar #green witch #green witchery #green magick #magick #male witch

[greenwitchcrafts]

My mulberry is absolutely wild this year!

Here are some witchy things you can do with it:

• Place in dream pillows with mugwort and hibiscus for prophetic dreams

• Craft a wand from the wood to increase strength and willpower

• Add to satchets for strength and courage

• Infuse the leaves with your floor wash or ritual bath for added protection

• Make a writing tool out of the wood to aid in writer's block or composing poetry

• Use the berries in kitchen witchery for wisdom, abundance, opening the crown chakra, increasing psychic abilities and added intellectual power

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[thepomegranatewitch]

fun facts with Sahar, because no-one told me!

I line dry my family’s clothes as much as possible to save money (less electricity and less wear on the clothes), to sunbleach stains (two toddlers), and for the environment (less manufactured energy more wind and solar passive energy). In summer it also helps cool my home like a swamp cooler.

I installed a new laundry line with a fancy pulley system so I can hang while standing in one spot. The usual cotton rope I buy wasn’t available at the store, so I bought sisal rope - apparently more sun resistant, and it’s not plastic. I hung it on an overcast day. A week later, I had to tie a slip knot in it and pin it because it was too slack.

The next day, it rained.

Sisal swells in moisture.

The hook I used to hang my pulley was unhooked by the sheer tension and the whole thing collapsed in freshly forked dirt. Even untying the slip knot was not enough to rehook it. I installed a new hook and used some chained up carabiners to rectify.

So here is the proper way to install a laundry line, particularly for sisal:

Ensure the drill is drilling in (not out), and using a ladder or otherwise boosted drill a pilot hole with a screw shorter than your hook into a solid support. I used a fence post and a shed roof on a post.

Screw a heavy duty hook in to the support. Repeat between 20 and 100ft away with another pilot hole and hook.

Hook the pulley assembly onto the hook, then run the rope around it. Gently pull it to the other hook and repeat with a second pulley. Tie into a big loop using a square knot, so the tension on the knot pulls it tighter instead of loosening once you have weight on it.

Using split rings made into a chain, or a length of chain that can fit over the hook, attach a chain to the hole in the pulley assembly with a carabiner. I recommend about 18 inches of chain. This should be at the spot you intend to stand while hanging laundry. ALWAYS STORE ON THE LOOSEST CHAIN LINK.

On a particularly dry day, go out and loop the carabiner to the hook. Retie your laundry line to its tightest. Rehook at end of chain so there is lots of slack in case of high humidity.

When hanging laundry, unhook chain and rehook at appropriate chain link or carabiner for the day’s humidity to be taut but not overtight. Every item or three you hang on the line, attach a carabiner to the lines. This helps keep the two lines of the loop together instead of tightening the empty top and slackening the loaded bottom.

Empty line, ready to hang laundry.

Image description: a closeup of a plastic laundry pulley on a sunny day, parallel to a fence with scraggly bushes. Another house and blue sky is visible in the background. The pulley is looped with sisal rope tied in three square knots with a curled 8 inch tail. Close to the pulley are black, brown then red to purple carabiners in rainbow order. The pulley is attached to a silver carabiner, which is in turn looped onto a white plastic covered hook screwed in to a 4x4 wooden post. A chain of 18 metal split rings dangles from the carabiner. The line has a slight parabola but is clearly taut.

Empty laundry line, ready to hang.

Image description. The same laundry line, taught with a slight parabola, at a different angle. The viewer is looking at a simple square blue grey shed that has the other end of the laundry line hooked to the far left roof corner. From right to left in background are visible a bush blooming with dark purple flowers, five tall skinny cypress trees, the shed, a mass of overgrown wild radish and a yellow blooming succulent, oak trees in full dark foliage, and some empty garden beds. The sky is bright blue and cloudless.

The line at rest, ready for storage.

Image description. The same laundry line at the same angle looking at the shed. The chain is visibly hooked at the furthest end from the pulley so the line has a deep slack in it.

#thefifthacre #gardening #garden witch #garden #witchcraft #green witch #jewish magic #jewitch #stitch witch #stitch witchery #ecoconscious #enviromental #environmentally friendly #budget #cost savings #planet savings #save the planet #save the environment #solar punk #cottagecore #not actually cottagecore myself just poor and thrifty #thrifty

[brightgnosis]

Tending a garden as your plants grow, to flower, fruit, and seed, is a way to forge a connection with nature that allows us to become grounded in the turning of the seasons as we bear witness to the land waking, becoming fruitful, and falling dormant again.

From Backyard Garden Witchery: Creating Magickal Space Outside Your Door, published 2022; Laurel Woodward (My Ko-Fi Here)

#Backyard Garden Witchery: Creating Magickal Space Outside Your Door #Laurel Woodward #Natural Connections #Religion & Magic #Quote

[khloris-witchery]

ITS HERB BUNDLE O'CLOCK

we got (l=>r) cedar, lavender, rosemary, rosemary lavender, rosemary lavender cedar, and a rosemary lavender wreath. all have various purposes- the wreath is gonna be a ward, some will be culinary, others will be burning bundles, maybe ill even crush some fine enough to make incense.

remember when you harvest to always thank your plants!!! they have spirits too!!

Thank you to my garden! Blessed be the plants that grow there.

#herb bundles #herb drying #herbs #lavender #rosemary #cedar #green witch #witchcraft #hedge witch #pagan #witchcore #witchcraft 101 #witchery #witchy #baby witch tips #foraging #gardening #cottage witch #blessings