I’m going to do a short series on herb gardening based on my much larger workshop that I give at gatherings about the same subject.  Herb gardening is one of my favorite practices as a Witch, and I have loved putting in and maintaining a garden wherever I have lived.  There’s just something about being able to go outside and gather what you need when you need it, getting your hands in the dirt and developing a relationship with your land, and taking that energy from the plants you’ve raised into your body and your magickal work through food, recipes, spells, and healing preparations.  I love it!

I’ve known people who have told me that they just can’t grow anything in a garden, that their thumbs are black, that giving them plants is like giving the poor living green thing a death sentence.  That doesn’t have to be true!  I’ll share with you some secrets that will give you an edge for success in your herb gardening endeavors, even if you’ve never grown anything before!

As we move along through the spring, I’ll add more articles to this series, including landscaping tips, herb information, garden blessing, inviting plant devas and maintaining good relationships with them, harvesting and storing of herbs, herbal recipes, putting your garden to “sleep’ for the winter, good tools to have on hand, and more! 

If you have a great recipe to share with my readership, feel free to email it to me and I’ll be glad to post it with credit to you!  Everyone needs to know an extra use for rosemary or what to do when you have too much thyme on your hands (haha!  gardening jokes will abound, too)! 

Spring is coming, and that means good “green” Witches start their gardens when the ground is still cold!  Tomorrow, I’ll tell you what that means!

Photo by Maia C (via Flickr).