a spidery ranunculus corm rests between the brown, black tipped fingers of a cold season witch. A mid century shelving unit holding an Andre 3000 record and a magazine with Stevie Nicks on the cover stands in the background, as though in solidarity

I’m in zone 5 and I started ranunculus corms for the first time last week
where are my short season flower-lovers?
we can share tips and cry over all the pictures of gardens the warm climate witches are posting right now 🌸

up close image of a femme presenting brown skinned verified human with long skinny locs in a hooded vintage coat standing in a bowed poly-covered greenhouse filled with humus and plant detritus

time to shake off the sleep and wake up the dead

#witchsky #blacksky #herbalism #queerherbalists #altblackgirls #greenhouse #springplanting #gardening #chronicillness #pots

#witchsky #folkherbalism #herbalist

on an image of a rose bush in full bloom with many-petaled pink roses, text reads: remind your grief that it is love

a butterfly sits on a creamy yellow round object in green and brown grass text reads: remind your softness that it is strength

a blurry peachy pink rose is in the foreground of a green garden with other flowers visible in the background text reads: remind your hope to be relentless

halfway through winter means halfway to spring
🕯️imbolc blessings

Ziggy the black and white farm dog stands in the snow by the circle garden at sunset there is a ghostly high tunnel in the background and the sky is pink and purple

apuknajit

check the weather
leave out out food
for the birds
for the animals
for the spirits
ask for mercy
ask for strength
ask for the blessings
that will get you through
the last of winter
so we can live to see the spring

#apuknajit #newmoon #imbolc #witchsky #eastcoastwitch #tek

yes please from Vermont 🖤

tulsi, lemon balm, sage, catmint, bee balm, anise hyssop

my name is naomi and i am very new to bluesky
i’m a long time herbalisty hedge witch and hereditary Black-belt hoodoo
i live on a farm in rural VT and I’ve been exploring animist ritual as a somatic practice and getting back into public offerings like lunar flow yoga and Afro-indigenous herbalism

a brown skinned femme in a straw hat and green floral dress sits on a blanket in a field, chin in hand and gaze to the side. text reads: mentally i’m here

under the snow and frozen soil the little seeds of spring are starting to stir and and inspire sweet dreams of wild, rebellious, flower-filled gardens in my sluggish and still-thawing heart

#imbolc #apuknajit #midwinter #spring #glimmers #witchsky #blacksky #gardening

Horizontal split screen shows two images: the top image is a green spiral, possibly a garden bed and the bottom image shows a curving rocky outcrop in a greening field. The text reads: a gardener is always a futurist

a gardener is always a futurist

#gardening #herbalism #greensky #blacksky #witchsky

a ghostly imprint of a large bird in the snow, wings stretching downwards and outwards and dots of blood at the very top centered in an imprinted shape that is most likely the birds head

last night in the Badass Women in Folk Song class i’m taking we sang an old ballad (maybe medieval) that was essentially a cautionary tale for young women, warning them of the predatory hunting habits of men and i’m sad and angry at the relevance

#witchsky #folkmusic #sameasiteverwas #feminism

finally got the herbal homestead journal

what are your favorite herbal zines?
#herbs #herbalism #herbalist #gardening

mini garden memories: harvesting collards and brussel sprouts in january…
#gardening

ziggy says: hope is a discipline

(jk it was mariame kaba)

🌙 new moon in sagittarius

this new winter moon heralds shortening days and darkening nights, inviting us to rest and digest as we reflect on who who and what we are accountable to,
reminding us to make offerings to the spirits of the lands we live on
#witchsky

keptekewiku’s
pebonkas

what appears to be a human skull lies partially buried in the sepia toned leaf litter of a forest floor in small letters, the text reads mentally i’m here

november’s ended

an animal skeleton composts into a grassy lawn text reads: imagine hating me and I’m just lying on the forest floor, rotting into the humus that will sustain new life and ultimately nourish you

i’m just rot 🥺
#witchsky #blacksky #blitchsky #reciprocity #rightrelationship #interdependence

a lone mushroom, red-capped and slightly askew, rises from the moss covered floor of a boreal forest text reads: the meme shall inherit the earth @radiclenaomi

the meme shall inherit the earth