13 Witchy, Spooky, Goth-y Plants for a Green Witch's Garden Harvest

As I went to illustrate my #drawTober/#inkTober #WitchTober cards, I realized that I didn't know what plants to include in a Witch's Garden—off the top of my head I immediately thought of Rosemary & the self-named Witch Hazel, along with Mullein (which I had just harvested), and Mugwort, along with White Sage (used in smudging), and Bella Donna, apples, corn, grapes, pumpkins, and squash (being Harvest season, and added, from the first tarot card I'm working on, the #Witch (#Mage/#Magician), roses and lilies from classic tarot iconography.

1. Rosemary—planted somewhere near an entrance for protection
2. Witch Hazel—of course, Witch Hazel in a Witch's Garden!
3. Mullein—the stems of these were once called Hags Tapers, used to light the night
4. Mugwort—3 witchy plant uses: A) part of a modern witch's dream pillow, this goth-y plant also gets cred as B) an alternative 'smudge' herb, instead of white sage, esp. for Euro-based/heritage witchy folks and C) as a tobacco alternative to smoke
5. White Sage (Salvia apiana) Unlike the sage we use to flavor turkeys, these 
6. Bella Donna—as much for the goth-y plant name, as much as anything else, lol
7. Apples—Long associated with magic, from Snow White's apple, & the Golden Apple of Greece
8. Corn—no more spooky plants than corn sheaves, tied up & displayed for #Hallows/Halloween (Hallowe'en, short for Hallows evening); also the husks can be tied up & made into corn dollies/poppets
9. Grapes—because wine!
10. Pumpkins—because jack-o-lanterns!
11. Squash—because pumpkins are squash
12. Roses—from the Magician/Mage/Witch I tarot card: the full red roses of manifestation, buds for becoming
13. Lilies—from the Magician/Mage/Witch I tarot card: white lilies for intention (I did not know this association before researching the card)

Thus ends the first set of 13 witchy, spooky, goth-y plants for a green witch's garden harvest, which co-incidentally will be featured in at least the Witch (Mage/Magician) card for #WitchTober/DrawTober/InkTober (also kinda doing #TarotTober, even as/not it's a thing).

{Have been watching FreeForm's #31 Days of Halloween—& from comments on their listing page there were recommendations for AMC who's also apparently playing Halloween movies—along with Travel, Food, and eventually HGTV channels for their paranormally entertaining, delicious and decorative Hallowe'en ideas. Getting in the mood!}

~Also doing #cleanTober: organizing supplies & harvests, for my #apothecary-in-progress, while #upcycling various containers, & streamlining #storage

Did I mention I love October & Hallowe'en, even if it does mean 'winter is coming'?!

31 Blog Post Ideas for a DIY Green, Sustainable Octber

From Sept, I wrote:

My recent goal has been to get this blog going, populated with content, so that I can feel justified in the expense and time of moving to my own domain. To that goal, I planned to do daily blog posts, what many blogs used to do, and thus both prove to myself that I can keep consistently blogging, and provide inspiration and content/fodder for further blogging.

So, without further ado, here are:

1. Oct. Monthly Calendar FREEBIE
2. THIS Page (the post you are reading): 31 Blog Post Ideas for a DIY Green, Sustainable Octber
3. Drawtober, Day 1: MageWitch, & Notes for MageWitch Images
4. Pumpkin Spicing & Apples + Caramels
5. Preptober Schedule & Notes
6. Drawtober, Day 2-6, & Notes
7. CleanTober/Organizing Round-up for Autumn
8. Drawtober, Day 7-8, & Notes
9. Upcycling Black Foam into Bats & Cats & Witches' Hats
10. Autumnal Morning & Evening Routine
11. My Mint Project DIY
12. Harvest Round-up: Mint
13. My Lemon Balm Project DIY
14. Harvest Round-up: Lemon Balm
15. My Plantain Project DIY
16. Harvest Round-up: Plantain
17. Last of Summer Projects: Mural DIY
18. Last of Summer Projects: Concrete DIY
19. Last of Summer Projects: Upcycling Plastic Bags DIY
20. Last of Summer Projects: Upcycling Clear Plastic Containers into Shrinks DIY
21. Drawtober & the other 'tober 3 week check-in
22. 13 Ways to Celebrate Hallows
23. Hallows Bucket List
24. Hallows Bujo Spreads and Review
25. My Twig Project DIY
26. Harvest Round-up: Twigs
27. Drawtober & the other 'tober Final week check-in
28. Upcycling Containers: 2019 Little Orange Catfood bowls into wreath/pumpkin DIY
29. Upcycling Cans Round-up
30. Upcycling Milk Jugs into Skeletons
31. Hallows & Costumes & Dia de Los Muertos

Some ideas for October....

1. Nov Monthly Calendar Freebie

NOV:

Upcycling Organization Storage

Recipes for Autumn, Thanksgiving
Thanks & Blessings mindfulness
Prep for BlackFriday, CyberMonday shopping

Upcycling Tarn Yarn

Cozy, Comfy, Hygge Bedroom

Prepping for Holidaze
Gift Crafting

October Calendar Freebie

Hello October! First day of Blogtober, along with InkTober/DrawTober w/a Hallows theme becoming WitchTober, also NanoWriMo's PrepTober. I'll be focusing on these themes, and a couple more that I'm doing by myself: codeTober & cleanTober.

Here's the first of a series of calendar #Freebie's that I have created, a desktop wallpaper calendar for October 2019.

Enjoy!

Part of this image was photoshopped, using the free pumpkin image from unsplash.com: Tim Mossholder