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Plan a Goddess Garden
Last summer I bought a little cottage in the woods that has a decent sized yard. After three years of renting a house, and two years of apartment living before that, I am SO ready to plant a permanent, long-term garden. I’m already mapping out my raised beds along the fence, with a few nice arches for trellised plants like squashes, cucumbers, and the like. I’ve got cattle wire along my fence to keep the dog contained, but it seems like it might be a good place to add a few grapevines as well. There will be a spot for all the kitchen herbs – and of course, the magical…
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Celebrate Nature with a Goddess Garden
Gardening is a magical act. It allows us to take the simplest form of life — a seed — and plant it so that weeks later it will bloom. Plants and magic have been associated for hundreds (if not thousands) of years, so when spring rolls around and you’re planning your seasonal garden, why not set up a special area to dedicate to the goddess (or god) of your tradition? If you don’t have a big yard to plant, don’t worry. You can still create a special goddess garden using a container. Start by figuring out which goddess you’d like to honor. It’s probably a bad idea to just pick…
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My Favorite Weird Plant Names
Shakespeare’s Macbeth opens with three witches stirring a cauldron, into which they throw all sorts of vile-sounding things such as eye of newt, toe of frog, and tongue of dog, just to name a few. Where, exactly, does one obtain eye of newt? Well, it as luck would have it, Shakespeare was pretty knowledgeable about the folk magic of his era, and included in his Scottish play a number of ingredients that he called by their folkloric names rather than their botanical ones. There are actually hundreds of plants and flowers called by folkloric names which often make them sound much stranger than they really are. Let’s take a look…
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9 Plants With Really Weird Names That I Love
Shakespeare’s play Macbeth opens with three witches stirring a cauldron, into which they throw all sorts of vile-sounding things such as eye of newt, toe of frog, and tongue of dog, just to name a few. Where, exactly, does one obtain eye of newt? Well, it as luck would have it, Shakespeare was pretty knowledgeable about the folk magic of his era, and included in his Scottish play a number of ingredients that he called by their folkloric names rather than their botanical ones. There are actually hundreds of plants and flowers that are called by folkloric names that often make them sound much stranger than they really are. Let’s…
