Here is a very basic breakdown of my garden wards as they are currently being set. I won’t got too in depth because they will be active wards and I just don’t feel comfortable sharing details like that on wards I’m using.
🌱Nails or Railroad spikes
🌱Red Yarn
🌱A guardian (I’ll break this down)
🌱A flat surface that is water proof
🌱Suitable offerings (not food)
🌑 Personally I’m waiting to set this up during a new moon but the choice for moon phase is up to you. Typically I don’t incorporate moon phases into a lot of my craft but I was specifically instructed to do so, so I will. Each New Moon will serve as a reminder to clean up, clear off, weed, and straighten up.
🌑 I have a small ceremony in mind for the spikes to prep beforehand. My own charging and cleansing stuff, pretty standard.
Some suggestions:
- A specific chant, song, or inscription
- Coat them in something like salt, wine, herbs, crystals, blood, spit, urine… The list goes on. (Do not drive salt into the earth you will kill your plants).
-Charge in the sea, in the woods, under your bed, in the sun/moon, in fire…
-Take them on a hike around your property and expose them to local spirits (I’d do this if you have a pre-existing relationship only).
🌑 After prep ceremony it’s time to drive these guys into the earth. My garden is rectangular so my “fence” is going to be rectangular. Drive each spike into the earth at each corner, I’ll do it moving counter clockwise because I want to break a cycle and put a new one in place.
🌑 String being tied around will follow in the same manner. I’ll say some words here and all that but how you alter this is up to you.
🌑 Once this is done I’ll feed The Guardian* and ask for their protection.
🌑 Lastly set up the flat surface for offerings. I will offer offerings both daily and weekly. Water when watering will be offered daily and then something else once a week. If you offer food do NOT leave it out. Welcoming pests with food while warding your garden is counter productive.
🌑 If you feel so inclined you can spend some time in the garden as well. Personal energy definitely won’t hurt magic like this.
🐸 The Guardian 🐸
Many years ago I was gifted a frog statue and a birdbath by a friend. I figured this gift would be a perfect vessel for a Garden Guardian. Frogs eat bugs, keep wetlands clean and healthy and also blend well in their surroundings.
My Guardian lives in the birdbath. Every season they get the first harvest and I leave them offerings as I feel I should. From water, flowers, sweets, fertile soil to pretty stones and trinkets.
In return I ask they watch over the garden and keep my crops safe from pests.
I’ve never had any issues with any pests outdoors under their watchful eye until the raccoons this year.
There is a process on welcoming a spirit into the vessel to act as a guardian but that is for another time.
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