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Kitchen Witchcraft: Garden Magic

Kitchen Witchcraft: Garden Magic

Last updated on: November 19, 2018 at 11:35 am by Rachel Patterson

Kitchen Witchcraft: Garden Magic 2018-11-19T11:35:09+01:00 Rachel Patterson

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The second book in my Kitchen Witchcraft series: Garden Magic will be published on 30th November 2018 but is available from all the usual suspects for pre-order.

garden magic, kitchen witchcraft, rachel patterson

The official blurb:

It doesn’t matter if you only have a window sill with a pot plant on it, a small city terrace, a playing field or several acres, you can always work with the magic in your garden. The kitchen extends into the garden anyway and a Kitchen Witch will often be found pottering around in amongst the plants.

Kitchen Witchcraft: Garden Magic is the second in a series of books which delves into the world of the Kitchen Witch. Each book breaks down the whys and wherefores of the subject and includes practical guides and exercises. Other titles include Spells and Charms, Altars & Rituals and The Elements.

For more information see www.rachelpatterson.co.uk

“Whether you only have a window sill with a pot plant on, a small city terrace, a playing field or several acres, you can always work with the magic of your garden. I think the kitchen extends into the garden anyway, so a Kitchen Witch will often be found pottering around in amongst the plants.

Being in regular contact with your garden and what you grow, even with your house plants or a few pots of herbs, can help you to connect with the spirit of nature and recognise the subtleties of the changing of the seasons and your garden can also provide you with food and magical ingredients.

Magical gardening does take time, focus and attention. You can’t just plant something and leave it in the hope that several months later it will have grown, flourished and be covered in fruit or flowers (OK on the odd occasion it does happen but not often!).

My gardening memories date back to my childhood. My dad is and always was a keen gardener, organic before it was fashionable to be so. He has always had an allotment and a greenhouse which provide a bounty of wonderful fruit and vegetables. Apparently even as a toddler I would disappear down the garden with him and come back covered in mud.

In my early teens I experienced food production on a large scale as I lived on a farm for a few years. Then in my late teens I had the opportunity of working for a specialist glasshouse company. Both of those life events added to my love of the garden, food and nature’s bounty.

Once I owned by own house, the garden became key. It is my sanctuary, a peaceful place to escape to and a space in which to create magic.

For the past twenty or so years we have lived in the same house; it is on the edge of a large city and only has a small walled garden, but it is ours and we have packed it full of as many plants, flowers and herbs as we can cram into it. We even have a very small (i.e. teeny tiny) grow house just big enough to over winter a few pots and grow some seeds.

Even on my busy days I try to step out into the garden, if only just for a few minutes to relax and connect with Mother Earth.

Your garden, whatever size it is, opens up a whole new world of magic for you to delve in to. Warning: Gardening is addictive and will improve your health, spirit and mental wellbeing.

Not only is a garden your direct line to a natural source of energy, it can also provide you with a whole shopping trolley full of free magical and often edible ingredients. Whether it is in the form of fruit and vegetables or flowers, petals and seeds.”

If you would like to read an excerpt there are a few here on my Beneath the Moon blog:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/beneaththemoon/2018/06/baneful-garden-a-dark-and-deadly-place/

and

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/beneaththemoon/2018/06/flying-ointment/

and

Garden Magic: Welcome to my magical garden

You can also find more details and information about my other books and those published by Moon Books over on their new shiny website

https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/moon-books/

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