Magician's Garden
The Gardening Posts
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An Update
Still in the midst of my upswing. Well, perhaps more appropriately I am attempting to get back into an upswing. Of course the tricky thing about upswings is I need organization around me in order to be able to concentrate and produce. So today I’m going to do some literal house cleaning. Spent Saturday night with some fellow Daemonolaters. I needed…
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Latin Names Required
I love how so many of these witches books and sites will list herbs that can be used for this or that, and when it comes to giving them a name, they just use their folk names. This is kinda dangerous. Let me tell you why. Yesterday on a witchy FB wall someone posted the healing properties of a…
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Monday Garden Update
So over the weekend I spent a little time hanging out in the garden, just checking out how the plants were doing. The short answer is they’re doing awesome! I kind of laugh at myself because at the beginning of May when I took the plants out of the Aerogarden and put them in pots, you probably remember me crying…
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A Malkuth of Me, Audrey Brice, garden, greenhouse, life, Magician's Garden, the writing life, Updates
Life, Writing, Updates
In writing news I just received three new covers in e-mail today along with a brilliant proposal for another possible DB Publishing title. Still working diligently on Into Darkness and we changed the name of the next OTS book from Darkness Rising to Risen Darkness. As it turns out there was another paranormal from another publisher coming out later this year…
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Alchemical Experiments: Update 5.9.11
Tezrian Tincture: The tincture has been happily stewing in the warmth of the seedling greenhouse. I have not yet brought it inside to check on its color. Like usual, I will most likely just leave it alone until September. I have every confidence it will turn out well. Last year I had the issue where the plastic jar cracked open at…
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Busy Week
It’s been one of those billingendofmonthtoomuchtodonotenoughhoursintheday weeks so far. I don’t really care for weeks like that. A few problems – the first being my tomatoes are quickly outgrowing my indoor aeroponic garden. I need to harden them off but I work until 6 every day this week. This means at most they can get 1/2 to 1 hour outdoors each…
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Plant Cloning
So I’ve been seriously considering plant cloning experiments. I read a lot (obviously) and I’ve got some plans up my sleeve. I have an idea that I’d like to try cloning some mint (because I’ve heard it’s an easy plant to learn cloning on) and then perhaps making hybrids via cloning. I’ve read how to do it and it doesn’t…
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I Admire Real Magical Herbalists
Back in the late 90’s I ran an online shop I called Demonolatry Blends. I made incenses and oils for customers using mostly herbs from nurseries and companies whose business it was to produce dried herbs. But even then I always grew some of my own ingredients. I’ve always been one to grow at least some of what I use…
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Safety: Poisonous Plants
First and foremost – always know what you’re growing! Certain plants, even simple ones like Poinsettas can be poisonous to pets. It’s an important thing to label your poisonous plants, know their antidotes, and keep them away from pets and children. Since I’m growing quite a collection this year I chose a high cupboard to keep all my plants on (when indoors) away…
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Pine Essential Oil: A Recipe
My husband loves the scent of pine. He asked me earlier if I would make some pine essential oil that we can use on our vacuum filter. There is a really easy method to do this (make the oil) and I thought I’d share it. If you have a pine tree, collect about one half cup of fresh pine needles. With a mortar…