A cottage witch's October bucket list 🪵
Outdoor
take a bike ride down a trail in a forest or park
Make autumn crafts from natural items
Painting on mini pumpkins
Mushroom foraging or searching (make sure they're safe!)
Go shopping for new candles that only show up around autumn
A picnic with friends, lovers, or just by yourself.
Picking the remaining flowers before winter hits-- only pick the ones you're sure you're able to (ones in your yard)
Reading outside on a quilt
Bonfire party
Watching thunderstorms
Indoor
Eat a full meal with a light candle or a string of fairy lights around for a nice view
Study herbalism and plants commonly found in october
Read fantasy, mystery, and calming books
Study up on mythology for October, legends in October, and traditions in October.
Sew or felt something cute / small
Knit a little scarf
Seed selection organizing
Write a letter or mail one
take a nice, warm, toasty bath with optional bath salts
Make art to put on the walls
Keep potted plants alilve
organize books
Kitchen
Make salted & roasted pumpkin seeds
Make caramel apples or dalgona
Making Halloween cookies
Cinnamon buns, Pumpkin pie, and other desserts!
make apple sauce
Make pumpkin pie spice for desserts
Make elderberry syrup, Ginger candy, Chamomile tea packets, and Fire Cider - (to use as medicine; Elderberry for flu , Fire cider for circulation , Chamomile for anxiety, and ginger for stomach aches & carsickness!)
Stock the pantry with snacks for celebrations and parties!
Dandelion honey making or other honey types can be kept in containers with unique shapes
Garden
Raking up the leaves once every week/two weeks
Clean the bird feeders, bird baths, and windchimes
Sit outside with a warm drink
Collect all empty pots & flower containers and bring them inside.
Collect all ready and available fruit or veggies from your garden
Plant chrysanthemums, dahlias, and quick-growing autumn plants
Harvest squash, pumpkins, and gourds
Plant garlic
Reorganize gardening station or bag to be autumn themed
Picking all the weeds-- make sure you know what you're picking
Plant some berries that will grow in spring
Place a plant blanket or tarp over the garden when it gets too cold to keep gardening.













