Merry Meet All,
Blame it on the faeries. Today I put a day’s work-unintentionally, into my Dark Faerie Garden. I have dubbed that name on my garden because of the amount of shade it gets, growing at the foot of a shed. I was undaunted by the amount of shade and my garden was too. I felt a tug as I returned from my walk and googled plants to grow in my garden. Like a good gardener, I put in the work on the soil first before planting.
I cleaned out a corner of my garden where it gets the most sunlight. I worked the soil and added fertilizer and bone meal and dug that in. I thoroughly watered the soil and dug out a large rock-used as an edging, of course. I tore out the grass roots and added some dry chamomile and corn husks for compost. I was left with well turned, damp, composted and fertilized soil. I bought a lovely English Lavender, “Munstead” variety at Halifax Seed and went home. I also moved my spearmint which was choking my lady’s mantle, propogated the lemon balm, and moved my bleeding heart to the spot. The bleeding heart did not blossom this year. It was growing in the darkest corner of my garden. See why I call it the dark faerie garden? I have chives growing there too.
I like the look of herbs growing and draping over the rocks. In the spring, when the plants emerge from the melting snow, it will look lovely. By then, the herbs will have stored their energies over the winter and benefitted from the nutrients I just put in the soil. Bone meal is a long lasting fertilizer.
The picture above I took after all that hard work. I love how it looks-truly faeryish and magickal. It feels good to work with the earth. I harvested my chives on the other side of my garden and they grew right back. Many Lammas blessings!!
Blessed Be,
Lady Spiderwitch
