Apple's Readings

These tips goes out to all baby witches, witchlings, people who are new to spirituality and people who just want to learn.

1.You NEED to make sure that you make your practice your own. You are the one who’s going to to live your practice so make sure that it’s something YOU want to practice.

2.Research, Read, Study and Learn!!!!! Even if reaching out to other practitioners is a great way to learn, you still have to learn things by yourself too. More experienced practioners had to study and learn for many years. There are no short cuts and there are always new things to learn.

3.Ancestry Reasearch Look into your own family to find out what your ancestors practiced.

4.Learn about the land your living on Most people live on land that used to belong to indigenous people, so take the time and look that up. Learn about/contact them to find out how you can honor that land. Native-Land.ca

5.Honor Deities Learn about the deities in a respectful way. And please stop making things up, too many people make things up about deities here on tumblr, so it can fit their practice.

6.Be curious and ask questions I mean how else are you going to learn?

7.Respect closed practices!!!! Please respect that some practices are sacred and closed. Don’t take whatever you want from them or any other cultures. Don’t culturally appropriate or culturally exploit.

garlic blossoms (allium) balls of tiny flowers, may be white to deep purple. literally just the flowering head of the garlic you use in food. it tastes like garlic. but colorful.

elderflower, the blossom of the elderberry bush. can be battered and fried. excellent with elderberry syrup or honey. tastes fruity with a tiny hint of anise. also good in teas and sweets.

Calendula, also known as pot marigold. (please, verify you’re using pot marigold, not regular marigold. calendula is actually a daisy.) tastes similarish to bell pepper, sans crunch. leaves are also edible. should be grown with broadleaf plantain:

as a poultices of calendula and plantain can be used to rapidly heal small cuts and scrapes, and are also helpful for other dermatitis. don’t use it on deep wounds though, as it can and will cause the surface skin to heal before the underlying tissues. all of broadleaf plantain is also edible. if bitter.

The flowers that come from any brassica (cabbage, radishes, broccoli, kale, etc) are all excellent and taste like the rest of the plant.

Queen Anne’s lace blossoms, (daucus carota, just like our domestic carrots) super common wild plant, and the flowers make a jelly that tastes kind of like pink lemonade?? It’s /delicious./ but make 100% sure you have a correct identification as water hemlock and other toxic species look similar.

Rose!!! Rose flavoured things taste exactly as they smell. So scrumptious!

[X] Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) blossoms are excellent in fritters.

[X] Dandelion (Taraxacum offinale) is also excellent in fritters, or my favorite is separating the petals and mixing them into pancake batter.

[X] Miner’s lettuce (Claytonia sibirica) flowers have a delicate, lettuce-like taste.

[X] Oregon grape (Berberis/Mahonia aquafolium) flowers are delightfully sour. I like to pick off a few small flowers from the cluster!

[X] Wood sorrel (Oxalis sp.) also sour (from oxalic acid).

[X] Red clover (Trifolium pratense) is mildly sweet.

When eating wild plants, you should be completely certain in your identification and aware of any lookalikes. Be sure you are allowed to harvest and that the area has not been sprayed by any chemicals. Many of these plants are also medicine, so you should be sure that you can safely ingest them (do your research before putting things in your face pls). This was just intended to get them on your radar!