I’m sure we have all heard the term, “Companion Planting”. If you’ve been around the gardening community for any amount of time, I’m sure it’s been thrown around once or twice. But what is companion planting truly? By definition, companion planting is the practice of placing two plants in the garden together to create aContinue reading “Gardening 101 – Companion Planting”
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Gardening 101 – Planning
Part 2: Planning your garden A lot of factors go into planning a garden, and planning for your garden will happen over and over, every year. It is often recommended to keep a gardening journal. You can track important info like, what you have, how it did, what didn’t work, and why. It’s good toContinue reading “Gardening 101 – Planning”
Gardening 101
**Gardening 101** Part 1. Vocabulary Just like everything else in this world, gardening has its own language and learning some basic terms will go a long way to making your gardening journey easier. All plants are grouped into three categories; Annual, Perennial, and Biennial. Annuals are plants that grow, mature, flower, seed and die allContinue reading “Gardening 101”
Beltane, Hexxenacht, & Walpurgisnacht
**Beltane, Hexxenacht, & Walpurgisnacht** The Irish and British fire festival of Beltane is commonly known throughout the Western world. Taking place each year on May 1st and sometimes called May Day, it is a celebration of the awakening Earth, fertility, and the fires of the passion between the May Queen and the Green Man asContinue reading “Beltane, Hexxenacht, & Walpurgisnacht”
✨🌕 Full Moon Magic – April 1st, 2026 🌕✨
**✨🌕 Full Moon Magic – April 1st, 2026 🌕✨** April’s Full Moon, known as the Pink Moon, carries a quiet kind of strength. Despite its name, the moon itself doesn’t take on rosy hues. Instead, it is named for the early spring blooms that begin to appear across the land—especially here in Alberta. Plants likeContinue reading “✨🌕 Full Moon Magic – April 1st, 2026 🌕✨”
Dark Magic and Shadow Work
**Dark Magic and Shadow Work** Some people love to talk about the dangers of dark magic, curses, and bad energy. They act like they are wise, but really, they are just scared. When life goes wrong, it’s easier to blame someone else, or some invisible force, than to look in the mirror. Projection is aContinue reading “Dark Magic and Shadow Work”
What is Beltane?
**What is Beltane?** “It is thought that the ancients only recognised two seasons, these being Summer and Winter. Beltane is the time when the Earth is literally buzzing with fertility. Life springs forth in all of its richness, and the land is covered with beautiful flowers; the freshly opened leaves of the trees are aContinue reading “What is Beltane?”
What Is Ostara?
“There may be snow on the ground, and even thoughts of a last blast or two of winter weather coming, but there is a definite turn in the air. … The Spring Equinox marks a time when day and night are in equal balance. From a symbolic perspective it is the triumph of life overContinue reading “What Is Ostara?”
Brighid: Goddess of Fire
Brigid Mother Goddess of Ireland, © 2017 Jo Jayson (https://www.jojayson.com/) “The deities of the Celtic pantheon have never been abstraction or fictions but remain inseparable from daily life. The fires of inspiration, as demonstrated in poetry, and the fires of the home and the forge are seen as identical. There is no separation between theContinue reading “Brighid: Goddess of Fire”
What Is Samhain?
**WHAT IS SAMHAIN?** Samhain (Gaelic, commonly pronounced Sow-wen), is an ancient harvest festival and ceremonial practice dating back to pre-Christian Ireland and the rest of the Celtic world, taking place between 31st October and November 1st. Considered the beginning of the Wheel of the Year (and thus the Pagan “New Year”), Samhain also serves asContinue reading “What Is Samhain?”
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