With winter fast approaching, why not bring the outdoors in? Plant special herbs for luck and harmony in your home, and enjoy them until you can plant them again outside, once the nice weather has returned.
Gardens are special places with a magic of their own. Besides attracting nature spirits, plants also contain other properties. These can be medicinal, culinary, or magical, and thus can be used for many things.
You Will Need:
Crocks or Pots (depending on the number of herbs you are planting and the size of the container, whether planting together or separate)
Some Compost
A Few Pieces of Broken Crocks (to be placed in bottom of planting crock/pot for drainage)
Sage, Rosemary, Basil, Thyme
A Bit of Glitter or Star Shaped Sequins
Plant your own mini garden using either the plants listed above, or other ones of your own choosing. This garden as described contains herbs that will protect your home, and extend the blessings of health, luck, harmony, and prosperity to all who live there.
You can start the garden from seed but it is easier and quicker to buy small specially grown plants from your local nursery. Start by drawing a small pentacle on each of the crocks or pots that you are using for planting the herbs. Using this ancient symbol will give your plants an extra magical power.
Now add some compost to your crock/pot filling it almost to the brim and then gently make a hole in the compost before tapping the herb out of it’s plastic container and then lower the plant inside. Make sure your plant is well watered before removing it from it’s original container. Firm the soil carefully around the roots and make sure that the rootball is just below the level of the soil. The plants for this magical garden were picked for the following properties:
Sage – harmony within the house, wisdom, and skill
Rosemary – good luck, remembrance of the ancestors
Basil – prosperity and protection
Thyme – health and strength
When you have finished planting, give the compost a good watering, then sprinkle the surface with a little glitter to remind you how wonderful these plants are. If you wish, you could say a little prayer asking the plant spirits to be healthy and strong. Place the crock/pot(s) in a warm and sunny place and remember to water it when the soil is dry. If the rosemary and sage get too large, they can always be split down and given to a friend.
Now sit back and watch the magic happen. Use these herbs for spells, cooking, or just for the harmony live plants in the home naturally provide.