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punnyplants

How to make succulent babies!

Step 1: Pick leaves Gently twist the leaf near the base, it should snap off the plant cleanly. Good cuttings will be slightly rounded at the ends, and have no ‘open’ wound:

Bad cuttings will not grow, you need to make sure the whole leaf comes off in one go. Bad leaves are jagged, torn, or cut:

Step 2: Lay all cuttings inside on a piece of cloth. I usually put a piece of old scrap material down on my desk and lie all the leaves out in rows. I try not to pile up the leaves, as this tends to promote rot. Do not water at all. AKA no misting the leaves, no watering the leaves, nothing. Everything the baby succulent needs to grow is stored in the mother leaf, watering may rot the leaf before the new plant is big enough to survive on its own! Make sure the leaves aren’t in direct sun, as they will wither before they form new plants. Filtered light from a window is strong enough!

Step 3: Waiting After about 4 weeks you will start to see the first signs of life. The leaf may send out roots first, it may start to grow with no roots. Both are okay!

Step 4: Planting (Start watering once a week at this stage) After 6-8 weeks the baby succulents will be big enough to plant outside! I do this by placing the leaves on top of loose, sandy soil that has not been compacted. I do not bother burying the leaves, as it tends to do more harm than good (you may snap roots/damage new shoots in the process):

I place all the plants together, they don’t really seem to mind! These is how they look after about 10 weeks:

When the plants are big enough, the mother leaf will shrivel up and start to die off:

TADA! You’ve created baby succulents :)

shadesofmauve

I’m sorry, this is a very beautifully illustrated, informative plant post, but every time I read “Make succulent babies” I put the emphasis on the wrong part of the phrase and expect something.. very… different.

healingsuggestions

If you feel like you don’t fit in in this world, it is because you are to help create a new one

recreationalwitchcraft

Witchcrafts for the Sea Witch

Because there’s more than one way to stay connected to your craft.

Seashell Runes

Seashell Spoons

Sea Witch Bath Recipe

Seaglass Windchime

Shell Gardens

Shell Candles

Ocean Candles

Driftwood Wands

Ocean Wreath

Crystal Seashells

Sea Chimes

Mermaid Shell Bathbombs

Mermaid Shampoo Bars

Seashell Hair Pins

Ocean in a Bottle

Ocean Sachet

beatonna

We’ll get back to Mary Anning later.

Is Kelis’ milkshake song a gift to humanity, or what?

morbidology

Created by Efisio Marini, an Italian naturalist doctor, this table is made completely out of human remains, including petrified brain, blood, liver, bile, lung, and glands. On the top of the table sits a foot, four ears, and a cut vertebrae. It is housed as the Museum of the History of Medicine, located in Paris, France.

simonedoessf

This is awesome

wapiti3

Jellyfish

image source-Sara Nichols (Sinichols)

simonedoessf

Such beauty!

orriculum

🌊 Sea Grounding 🌊

a quick guide on grounding with the sea or ocean for you beach bums

sea grounding:

🌊 prepare yourself with appropriate sunblock measures!

🌊 (to the best of your ability) stand barefooted on the beach where the waves can reach and recede from you

🌊 visualize:

every wave over your feet pulls you closer to the center of the earth, burying you.

you are becoming part of the earth.

push your old energies out, let the sand exfoliate them from you

the water that washes over you brings new, fresh energy. it soaks into you with the cold and the wet

🌊 when you are ready, step away from the water gently. you are not severing the ties harshly, only letting them fall away, the way the tide releases you

dusty-purple

I just love the myth of Persephone, i mean the real, original version of it, because it’s not like she got kidnapped, no, this bitch was la-de-da-ing in a meadow and she just happened to find an entrance to the Underworld and she was like “Imma check this out”. And she just wanders into the Underworld and discovers that hey this place ain’t too bad.

Meanwhile Hades is in the background “????? UM??? PRETTY GIRL??? WHY ARE YOU HERE?????? YOU AREN’T DEAD???”

And Persephone (who was originally called Kore just a little fyi) just looked at him and said “I like it here. I’m staying.”

And Hades kinda just went with it, until Demeter started throwing the temper tantrum of the millenium upstairs and Zeus had to intervene because this shit was getting out of hand and its actually his job to be admistrator of justice. Which considering the shit he gets up to is kinda histerical but that’s another story there.

And basically Persephone wasn’t a prisoner or kidnap victim at all she just really loved the Underworld and her (eventual) husband, and the Greeks feared her arguably more than her husband because Hades could be reasoned with but Persephone was the one laying the smack down on sinners, and really, who wouldn’t be at least a little scared of someone who’s name means something along the lines of “the destroyer”

Basically, Persephone is amazing and everbody needs to get on her level

the-lucky-ferret

i think the best part of that myth is that Zeus decided to change Kore’s name to Persephone (basically “the one who brings chaos”) only because she wanted to stay in the underworld and SHE WOULDN’T FUCKING LISTEN then Zeus, all-mighty king of the gods, kinda gives up and goes “fine, but you’re going to visit your mom” “also, I changed your name” “get rekt”

achillvs

Also, if I’m not mistaken, Kore means “little girl” so imagine going from that to “chaos bringer”

parziivillains

I mean, going from little girl to chaos bringer sounds like a p solid deal to me, sign me up.

witchy-woman

Hey, hey cuties. This little series is LGBTQ related magic, as a queer witch, I see a lack of magic specific to my community. So with the lovely group of folks I’ve had to advise me, I have managed to come up with quite a few things, as well as feature some work of other folks! Many of the topics in my little series here were requested. So before you go give me shit about what it is, it was requested, and your girl here always honors those requests!

So let’s get started.

This week’s request was “To appear more masculine” as a request from a transguy, so this is focused on that particular request! So here we go!

JAR SPELL – from me ( @witchy-woman )

sea salt - for protection basil - for protection, dispels confusion, fear & weakness. black pepper - for courage geranium - for overcoming negative thoughts & attitudes, lifting spirits, protection & happiness. holly - said to heighten masculinity cedar - confidence & strength pine - new beginnings, resilience, growth & repelling negativity

Focus your intent for each and every layer, say your intent out loud (even over and over) if it helps! Meditate and focus your whole purpose for the jar, cork and seal it (I have a simple tutorial how to do so here). Don’t forget to stick it in the moonlight to charge it if you feel like it needs a kick!

SIGILS

I Bind Safely by @witchywings

I Am Confident In My Gender This Is A Trans Safe Space I Am Safe While Binding I Will Not Be Misgendered by @gryphonknight

Dysphoria & Transphobia Trap Sigil by @trans-warlock

Sigil For Being Confident In Your Gender Expression by @pomegranateandivy

Protection of Trans and Intersex People by @mistikovo

“Shapeshift” Sigil for Trans Glamours by @stormwinged

Confidence Mirror Spell by @taurotrickster

GLAMOURS & SPELLS

Glamour Bottle For How Others Read You by @thedandycrickette

Masculinity Scrub Glamour by @calefacientcatalyst

A Protection Spell for Coming Out As Trans by @bottle-witch

I so hope that these were helpful! I love you all SO so much and I will see you next week with the next installment! You can find my other posts here and the other parts of this series here.

asraarr-deactivated20200914

when u accidentally take a 4 hour depression nap

simonedoessf

I may do this way too much

musashi

there’s gonna be a full moon on the 19th so i’m gonna go out at night and see if a lot of clefairy spawn? apparently the pogo takes moon phase into account and clefairy literally swarm at the full moon in canon so like… i wonder…

musashi