The witch’s garden for 2012

Part of belladonna bed

I am still getting my plants ready for winter and have a bunch of pots to take inside this year. I usually avoid having indoor plants because my house is very small and I have a number of cats who are on the clumsy side. This year, though, I decided I [...]

Spring busyness and Saturnian planning

Datura fastuosa and Nicotiana rustica San Juan

Holy cats, have I ever been busy! Usually Alchemy Works sees a big increase in sales in spring, and this year is no exception. I’ve got a lot of new herbs, seeds, and oils to add and barely have time to make the pages. I’ve been replacing stock [...]

Late Harvest & Spring Plans

This Thanksgiving I spent some time cleaning seeds I grew this year: gold-leaf feverfew, jasmine tobacco, wild tobacco, variegated nicandra, purple morning glory, Ocean Dawn Japanese morning glory, and wild white petunia. Unfortunately, the white petunias didn’t make many flowers this year and so I have very few seeds and will have to try again [...]