It’s that time when gardeners of all kinds are starting to make their plans! My friend and I got together to begin brainstorming. Let’s get to planning, witches.
What’s mentioned in the video:
Picture This app for plant identification
Magic of I 2025 Planner for astrological planning
0:00 – 1:05 — Introduction
1:06: – 4:16 — garden tour
4:17 – 9:50 — Establishing Your Garden Journal
9:51 – 10:53 — Local Resources for Planting Calendar
10:54 – 11:48 — Native Gardening Books
11:49 – 14:19 — Magic of I Planner for Astrological Planning
14:20 – 15:50 — Closing Thoughts
15 Comments
You're so magical 🖤✨
Your Japanese red maple will be gorgeous. You can keep them on the small side so it doesn’t overwhelm your apothecary garden.
Gardening is so much fun! I love my organic garden. There’s a lot of great people on YouTube who teach about gardening too. One of my favorites is MIgardener.
That's fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing.
Planning a garden is always fun!
Wow, you really did luck out on a great foundation! I know you will do it all proud! I'm starting with a mess: a half acre of wild poke and brush, which is actually a contact dermatitis risk for the dog and needs to go, for all that it's a good food plant. I'm leaving the blackberry thicket, but the poke is just not safe for my particular dog. It's a shame.
I finally have a garden space too and have been wanting to utilise it but as a complete novice have no idea where to start. So this video has really come at such a great time. Looking forward to more of these videos for inspiration! Love love love!
You are so lucky to have a friend and also those printed resources to get you started. Timing during the moon cycles is a proven system for many years. The one thing I didn't hear you mention was the soil, that is where it all starts. Get a soil analysis done and find out what it may be lacking and also adding organic matter is always helpful in the soil especially in an area that has been "farmed" before.
I will give you a tip that someone gave me a long time ago that has been helpful. Before you dig your hands in the dirt and get dirty. Take a piece of bar soap and dig your nails in it. That way when you are done gardening and wash your hands the soap will wash out and you won't have to spend time getting the dirt out from under your nails.
Best of luck with the garden, it is something like witchcraft, you are always learning, growing and trying something new. Take Care 🍅🥕🧄🌽🥬
I'm so excited for you! Having a garden is hard work but so rewarding. Potatoes are so much fun to grow and harvest, I would recommend using grow bags for them, easier to harvest without needing to dig. Lemon balm needs a lot of room and it self seeds, so be sure to cut back before it seeds so it doesn't spread. If you have space I would recommend growing peas or green beans, they are a delight to grow, and its fun to pick the pods for harvest. lastly, if you've space, growing your own pumpkins is so much fun, it's wonderful watching them grow. Happy gardening!
If you have any shady areas not suitable for planting, you could try mushroom logs. There's a bit of a learning curve for mushrooms, but it can be a fun hobby once you get stuck in. Plus, some of them are magical too… 😉
🧚🏼 Awesome choices to be one with your space, honor the land, follow your heart. Since you’ve
relocated to PNW plz consider this source of info on your gardening journey: Cultivating Place podcast
with Jennifer Jewel is a vast, respectful resource of good garden wisdom, indigineity, decolonization,
storytelling & human possibility. 💫
If you want tomatoes this year, make sure to start your tomato seeds indoors soon because the seeds really can’t be planted directly in ground unless you’re zone 9 or higher
You are starting with such a lovely canvas that you can turn into something beautiful and perfectly suited to you 🙂 the first year we moved to our home I loved identifying all the existing plants and being pleasantly surprised when things popped up that I didn’t even know were there (like daffodils, irises, and hostas!). I’m glad I didn’t dig those things up thinking they were weeds)
Your local extension office is another fantastic resource I recommend looking up if you haven't done so already. Absolute wealth of information: variety recommendations for your location, information on your native plants, local pests and advice on pest control, local pollinators and how to attract them, etc. And if you need a soil analysis, they can do it for you. Best of luck with your garden!
Yes a garden!! Also look to see if your area has a seed library, they’ll have varieties that are good for your area. There’s also the farmers almanac that has gardening by the moon phase and sign information laid out as well. That’s what I use and my grandpa used and my great grandparents used.