Herbs

[Bleurenee]

Merry meet, everyone!! Just love growing herbs and using them in healing and a little bit of magic and was wondering if there was anyone else on here who loves herbs, too. If so, what do you use them for? Sometimes I just love to sit in my herb garden and smell all of the different smells! yummy! I like to think that the faeries like my garden, as well, even though I have never seen one. :ylflower:

[Silverm00n]

Bleu, I'd love to have an herb/vegetable garden, but we live in a condo and it's not allowed unless you keep them in flower pots :violin:. It's bitter sweet, because we live on the ground level, so we planted some shrubs, dandelions, lilies, petunias, lavender, azaleas. We covered the dirt with pretty red mulch and lined the areas (one in front of all our windows, and one bigger section off the side of the patio) with white and natural rocks. It looked so pretty, for about 2 weeks. And then it all went to hell! We forgot to water here and there, flowers withered and died. Luckily the bushes are ok. We are total black thumbs! Hubby had planted 3 flower pots (that was our veggie garden lol), one with tomatoes, one with chives, and one with sunflowers. They were growing and then nope we killed em! :banghead: So now we finally got into the routine of watering everyday. A bunch of dead flowers later, I still don't really know how garden. It's still kinda nice, but it's beginning to look really sorry! I'll have to read up on gardening, would love to have tons of flowers!

Glad you brought this up, maybe you can offer some green thumb advice! :yes:

What kind of herbs are you growing?

[Bleurenee]

I have always grown rosemary....it's pretty easy to grow, smells yummy and has so many different uses. I also grow chamomile, lavendar, stevia, thyme, echinacea, mint (corsican and chocolate), oregano, lemon balm, basil, and I grow Johnny Jump Ups (not an herb), but they are wonderful and very beautiful in a salad. I also love flowers....we have roses, gardenias, sunflowers, hibiscus, butterfly bushes, black eyed susans, nasturtiums and bee balm (which are both also edible ). I'm sure there are more that I am missing! I have taken some lovely pics (another hobby of mine)! I love plants......did you talk to yours? They love TLC!!! :hippy:

[Silverm00n]

wow that's a lot of stuff! I bet it looks really pretty. Hail to you Queen Green Thumb :Hail: Now get on over here and help!

You're kidding, I love photography! Here's my deviant link... I'm still learning but I think some of my pics come out kick ass! :artist:

http://silvermoon00.deviantart.com/

[Bleurenee]

OMG!!!! I love them! I was always interested in photography, but have just started in the last six months taking pics. Do you develop them yourself? I am not that advanced, but I do have a printer that can hook directly up to my digital that I love very much. I am amazed at the clarity of some of the pics...it's almost like they are better than the real thing, ya know?!

[Silverm00n]

Aw you're too kind :p

Shoot some of those were taken with my digi and the others with my fav camera so far, the Nikon N50. I don't really know jack about photography, and I don't develop my own yet. One day, I would like to really concentrate on the whole photog thing, but for now it's more hobby. I get really nuts about it when we go on vacation though, forget about it, that's all I do the whole time we're there lol!

[Bleurenee]

I will just be in the car or something and I will see something beautiful and be like "dang, I forgot my camera again"!

[Silverm00n]

I will just be in the car or something and I will see something beautiful and be like "dang, I forgot my camera again"!

lol I do that all the time too. I'm trying to get in the habit of having my digi in my purse at all times!

[Bleurenee]

Tee Hee! I have said that a million times! I just sent you some pretties FYI!!!
:cool2:

[Silverm00n]

how cute, I'm jealous! Mine looked like that at the store, and then I planted them lol... they are no more!

I wanna see the whole garden though, I'm feeling kinda cheated with those pics! :wedgie:

[Bleurenee]

There is no whole garden....they are foreclosing on our house, so everything is in pots!!! But I can take more pics of the different plants....I have alot of animal pics, too!

[Silverm00n]

well that's not good :eek2:

Bring on the animals!!!! :pancakebunny:

[Bleurenee]

I found this cool article about herbs and some of their magical uses....some of them I didn't know!!! Enjoy!

Fragrant plants have been used for thousands of years by those who preform rituals. There are scents that awaken psychic awareness, clear homes of negative vibrations, attract love, money, luck, deepens spirituality protect homes and much more.

Herbs can be added to incense and oils to increase their energies, used to dress candles or in special blend pot pourri.

Below is a list of the more popular magical herbs and their usage.


Acacia
Attract money, inspire love, ward off evil

Adder´s tongue
Herb of healing

African Violet
Protection herb and promotes spirituality in the home

Agrimony
Protection against all evil

Ague root
Used for uncrossing

Anise
Seeds are burned as a meditation incense

Balm of Gilead
Healing and protection

Basil
Protects against evil, attracts luck, love and money. Used in exorcism and purification rites

Bay
Power to heal, protect and strengthen. Used for attracting money and love

Bergamot
Peace, happiness and restful sleep

Black berry
Attracts money and protection

Black Pepper
Mental alertness, physical energy, protection and courage

Boneset
Protection. Used in exorcism

Cardamon
Attracts love

Catnip
Attracts love, happiness and healing

Cedar
Spirituality and control

Celery seeds
Restful sleep, peace, psychic awareness

Chamomile
Meditation, peace and sleep

Cinnamon
Attract love, money and sexual desires

Cinquefoil
Increase wealth, love and power and great for uncrossing

Clover
Good luck and money

Clove
Courage, attrction and protection

Cypress
Healing

Dandelion
Love, clairvoyant abilities, makes wishes come true

Deers tongue
Stops gossip

Dill
Protection, uncrossing, love

Eucalyptus
Purification, health and healing

Fern
Protection and good luck

Frankincense
Meditation, spirituality and protection

Garlic
Protection, purification, physical energy

Ginseng
Attracts love

Ginger
Sex, love, money and courage

Goldenrod
Helps locate buried treasures, attracts love and money

Honeysuckle
Prosperity and love

Hops
Money drawing, restful sleep, selling of property

Hyssop
Uncrossing

Jasmine
Attracts love and money

Juniper
Powerful protection herb

Lavender
Love, healing, peace and purification

Lemon
Purification, money and peace

Lilac
Love and purification

Marigold
Protection, attain sucess in all legal matters, draws money

Magnolia
Love

Meadowswet
Love

Marjoram
Peace

Mint
Healing, money attracting, protection, increases sexual desires

Moss
Money drawing

Mullein
Love, exorcism

Myrrh
Purification, healing, protection and exorcism

Nutmeg
Money drawing, gambling, psychic energy

Oak
Healing

Orange
Love, joy and abundance

Patchouli
Love, sex and money

Peppermint
Love, money and uncrossing

Pine
Healing, money drawing and protection

Rose
Love

Rosemary
Protection, exorcism and love

Sage
Protection, wisdom and money

Sandalwood
Exorcism, promotes spiritual awareness and makes wishes come true

Spearmint
Healing and protection

Thyme
Love, promotes courage, protection, uncrossing

Vanilla
Love, sex, improves mental powers

Violet
Love, healing and protection


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[Bleurenee]

To Attract Customers to a Business

Make a fine powder out of basil leaves and sprinkle around the main entrance of your business

:pancakebunny:



A Witch's Bottle

Rosemary
Red Wine
Pins
Needles

Fill a small jar with the rosemary, pins and needles saying all the while the following as you do it:

"Pins needles, rosemary and wine
In the Witch's Bottle of mine;
Guard against harm and enemies
This is my will, so be it!"

When the jar is full pour in the red wine. Put the lid on the jar as tight as possible, Drip wax from a red candle around the seal of the lid.

Bury the jar at the farthest corner of your property or place it in an inconspicuous spot in the house.

The Witch's Bottle destroys negativity and evil. The pins and needles impale evil, the wine drowns it and the rosemary sends it far from your home.
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[Silverm00n]

Thanks a lot for this Bleu! :bliss:

[Bleurenee]

You are most welcome. I may try it as soon as we get moved into a new house. My rosemary is huge and so beautiful....I have been cooking with it a lot.