Reasons why you should be using invasive plants in your spell-work
Helps improve the overall health of your local ecosystems and native wildlife.
Allows you to build a better relationship with the spirits of your area.
There is no such thing as overharvesting, so if you worry you’re the type when foraging for ingredients to go heavy handed; go to your invasives.
Inherently these plants when used in spell work will be fast-working, highly adaptive, and dominating.
You likely already have an invasive in your area that has the intentions you want to use in your next spell.
Allows you to not rely on massive monoculture farms that over-farm and hurt the environment.
Gives you the excuse to go outside and get moving which has been proven to have positive impacts on mental health.
Invasives aren’t hard to find. You can find them at the park, school campuses, any patch of grass along the road, etc.
The baneful possibilities are endless, like you can get so creative.
Depending on what exactly is your invasive and where you’re foraging from it’s free food.
Some Important Reminders
Research what are your natives and your invasives and learn to identify them, especially if they are similar to natives or have dangerous look-a-likes.
Read up on your area’s by-laws to ensure you are foraging invasives in a legal and safe way.
When harvesting invasives harvest carefully and be aware of how this specific invasive spreads, so when harvesting you’re not possibly helping it spread.
Don’t compost invasives.
Some invasives are poisonous or toxic, so research and be careful when handling. Please don’t consume or use in any workings that would require burning them or skin contact.
If looking for edible invasives or invasives you plan on using in salves or bath rituals, don’t harvest from polluted areas and ensure it is not toxic.
