36: Flower of your choice, and its magical properties.
My favourite flower has always been the sunflower. It is the warmth of summer and the calm of lazy days all wrapped up in soft golden petals and a friendly open face.
Lilac has always been one of my favourite flowers. It smells strong and beautiful, and where I grew up it was fairly rare to find it in folk’s gardens. Calgary, on the other hand, is drowning in lilac. It’s everywhere – no exaggeration here – it’s in every second garden on my street alone. And it’s in bloom. My entire neighbourhood is filled with the perfume of lilac. I love it!
With such a plentiful supply, I thought I would take a boo around google and see what sort of use I can put it to.*
Beltane, hooray! This is the big one. This is the holiday that say SPRING IS HERE!
The weather in Calgary has finally warmed up again – hopefully to stay this time. I have my seeds on the go. My little Scrapple tree is now 3 Scrapple trees – they will get divided up on Beltane. I have lavender and sage and green peas started. I have a few other flowers, herbs and veggies germinating, hopefully they will be sprouted and ready for the garden by the first.
A Less Travelled Path 