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[circe-mediterranean-witch]

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[little-witchys-garden]

How to prune your herbs for the best results

Pruning is good for your plants. For most plants, you want to prune early, and prune often. By pruning early, this means when your plants are still in their infant stages.

Not only will you be able to ensure optimal growth, good plant health and but also make a fuller, nicer shape when you prune often.

You can use your fingers and pinch off leaves and stems for most plants, and scissors for others. Fingers should be used for delicate plants, and make sure to pinch tightly and cleanly, right through the stem of the leaf. Heavy-duty garden clippers are generally not needed for herbs.

The most important thing is to not tear or rip off stems of plants, as it may lead to some terrible diseases.

Leafier plants like basil can die quickly after blossoming, so pruning is particularly important for such plants. When pruning these types of plants, cut them right where the leaf meets the stem.

Woodier herbs, like rosemary and thyme, should be trimmed so that they don’t become too woody (as they generally do with age), as no new leaves will grow. As soon as you start to see new growth, pinch some of the leaves back.

but the best thing to do is to prune the leaves at the top, not the bottom. The big leaves on the bottom act as a sturdy base.

If you prune properly, your plant will grow into an abundant, bushy plant. One useful technique called “tipping” helps you achieve that.

Remove the end 1-2 inches of your plant’s stem. That exposed end will split and grow into two separate branches. Once you get into the habit of doing that, your plant will become bushier, creating more foliage.

{ by Urban Cultivator }

[the-clumsywitch]

Source: Tea & Rosemary

[sawbeaver]

receiving tribute

[devotedtomygods]

Lord Dionysos, epithets: night, grapes, vines

[cajunwitch101]

[cajunwitch101]

[ambersgrimoire]

im finally committing to my first real grimoire! this is the basics of the moon chapter 🌙 im always open to learning more, my grimoire is ever changing 🧚‍♀️

[callmealioness]

Winged Artemis in art 🌙

“Of all the Hellenic deities Artemis in many respects contains the most primitive features: her statues are often ruder and more aniconic than those of any other divinity and her various cults may be divided into two main classes, the one containing those cults in which the goddess shows her later and more truly Hellenic aspects and is the chaste huntress, the sister and female counter-part of Apollo, and the other including endless minor cults in which she has the more primitive character of a goddess of nature without any apparent relationship to Apollo in any way whatsover.” - Thompson, M. S. “The Asiatic or Winged Artemis.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 29, 1909, pp. 286–307.

[poisonkittie13]

[hearth-and-veil]

Kala Eleusinia!

Last night began the Greater Eleusinian Mysteries - Eleusinia ta Megala - which are sadly lost to us now. But to many Hellenists, myself included, this is still one of the most sacred festivals and we celebrate the best we can.

As Demeter mourned the loss of Her beloved daughter, She came to Eleusis in the guise of an old woman and asked King Celeus for shelter. He brought Her into his palace and placed his sons in Her care. To reward him for this kindness, She began the process of making one of his sons immortal, only to be stopped by his wife, Metanira, who panicked when she saw an old woman putting her baby into an open flame.

Demeter instead taught the other son, Triptolemus, the secrets of agriculture and commended Celeus to build Her a temple. It was here that She waited, withholdings Her gifts from the earth, until Persephone was returned to Her at last.

Eleusis became a major cult center for the Goddesses, and hosted the Mysteries: the Lesser Mysteries once a year, and the Greater Mysteries every four years. Among that which was revealed in the Mysteries was agricultural knowledge and the secret to a blessed afterlife under Persephone.

[hellenicrisis]

Dionysus

– My Favourite Epithets

Areion - 'Warlike'

Boukeros - 'The bull-horned one'

Bromios - 'He who roars'

Choreutes - 'The dancer'

Dikerotes - 'The two-horned one'

Dithyrambos - 'Hymned by the Dithyramb'

Euanthes - 'The fair blossoming one'

Euios - 'The reveler'

Gethosynos - 'The joyful'

Gynnis - 'Womanish'

Intonsus - 'Unshorn', 'of eternal youth'

Kissokomes - 'The ivy-crowned one'

Kryphios - 'The hidden one'

Lampter - 'Light-bringer'

Lyseus - 'The liberator'

Mainomenos - 'The maddened one'

Manikos - 'The manic one'

Meilichios - 'The gentle one'

Melanaigis - 'He of the black goatskin'

Nyktelios - 'He of the night'

Perikionios - 'He who is entwined around the pillars'

Phleon - 'Giver of plenty'

Psilas - 'Giver of wings'

[orsialos]

Blessed Adeia! May the gifts and bounty of dear Lady Demeter Soteira and kind Lord Ares Karpodotes keep your larder stocked, bellies full, and land bountiful.

[noctivague]

Adeia - modern festival to Demeter

I made offerings to Demeter Soteira and Herakles Alexikakos, following the original post about Adeia.

I'm already giving offerings to Demeter on a regular basis and have an altar for her but it was my first time with Herakles.

My celebration was pretty simple, but I still wanted to make it special so I cooked dolmas for the first time (and they are delicious!).

I also offered local beer, Greek honey, dried pig meat and tomatoes from my parents garden, as well as the incense I made for her earlier this week.

Then I prayed for a little while and the typical way I do it is pretty informal (hopefully still respectful) amd I put an emphasis on the blessings I already have and prayed for the months to come.

Tomorrow I'll see if the weather is good enough I'll go to the forest, I feel like that would close this festival quite nicely.

Overall I'm really glad I got to celebrate Adeia, it warms my heart to know that other people I have never seen are doing this in various places of the world 💜

[thegrapeandthefig]

Happy Adeia!

(Missed the post explaining what this new festival is about? Catch up here.)

Before I start talking about my own contribution, I wanted to express how encouraging and uplifting it has been to see so many people posting about the festival, hyping it or even just praising the idea behind it. Thank you so, so much for the support and we (@iliosflower and myself) hope that an initiative like this one not only raises awareness but inspires others.

Sappy discourse aside, I offered some olive bread with a bit of ham, crisps, and a wheel of dry grain that consist of couscous (wheat), barley, oats and rice. I didn't have corn, but I hoped to include as many of the most widespread and important cereals worldwide. Then the feast itself consisted of pepper pork cooked with some beer with veggies and rice. And then I gave some more beer as a libation.

I invoked Demeter Soteira, Herakles Alexikakos (who also happens to be the patron deity of Thasos, so particularly relevant for me), the Horai and Zeus. Zeus was a last minute addition, but considering how the current inflation is, in part, caused by the war in Ukraine, it felt right to invoke him as a bringer of divine justice.

For reference, I've been tagging all the Adeia posts #adeiafestival so feel free to use this tag as well. And whoever is reading this from the future, feel free to browse this tag to see what the others have done.

Until next year, Happy Adeia. I hope that by then things will be... brighter.

[copperhearths]

Adeia: Modern Festival to Demeter

The idea of this festival really spoke to me when I came across it, so here’s what I did:

I decided to invoke Demeter, Herakles, Zeus, Hermes, and Poseidon. I also focused my prayer partially on asking for support for those who try to solve these problems.

Due to my own personal circumstances I didn’t have very much available to offer, but I did what I could:

Mixed oats and rice. These are two of the main staples of my extremely limited diet, as well as what I had on hand. I’d have liked to offer bread or something cooked, but I couldn’t find anything I could eat.

Oat milk. Another staple of my diet.

Chai tea. As I’ve mentioned before, I live in one of the most polluted states in the country. My water is currently contaminated with a theoretically harmless but foul tasting algae, which is partially why this felt so timely for me to do. Chai is a way of still incorporating fresh water into my offerings without it feeling wrong for being contaminated, and I like that I could include one element that took a bit of effort from me.

I also decided to focus on my homework on the UN Sustainable Development Goals tonight, instead of my research, because those goals are very closely related to issues of scarcity, food and water access, and managing crises. If you aren’t familiar with them, here’s a link to their homepage.

[phae-undergrove]

HERMES

ROMAN NAME:Mercury

✉️Messenger of the Gods & God of Commerce, Travelers, Thieves, & Athletes✉️

🎨COLOURS: Gold, Yellow, Orange, Silver, Grey, Green

🌬ELEMENT: Air

🗓DAY OF THE WEEK: Wednesday

🌱PLANTS + TRESS: The crocus (particularly the saffron variety), the moly, the strawberry tree, the palm tree, the almond tree, the silver birch tree

💎STONES & GEMS: Hematite, Agate, Yellow topaz, Amber, Citrine, Emerald, Peridot, Red marble

💨INCENSE: Frankincense, Camphor, Myrrh, Saffron, Dragon's blood, Cloves, Nettles, Mace, Musk, White sandalwood, Tobacco, Storax

🕊SYMBOLS: Winged sandals, Winged helmet, Caduceus (winged staff entwined with serpents), Purse or pouch, Traveler's cloak, Lyre, Panpipes, Roosters, Tortoises, Hares, Rams, Hawks, Snakes

🪙OFFERINGS: Anything made of silver or containing mercury, Currency (including foreign currency), Crocuses, Panpipes, Saffron, Strawberries, Chocolate, Wheat, Honey, Lemons, Almonds, Cassia, Cinnamon, Pork or mutton, Any type of foreign food, Spring water, Coffee, Energy drinks, Wine/mead, German beer, Brightly colored eggs, Traveling abroad or trading with foreigners, Playing harmless practical jokes, Comforting a dying loved one, letters

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