Solstice Herb Farm

03/30/2026

💐🐣🐰 SPRING BREAK!! 🐰🐣💐

Good morning, y'all! The Easter Bunny is on its way and we are taking some quality family time away from the shop this week. Lots of catching up to do around the homestead! 🌱

Our retail boutique will be closed Wed and Thursday this week. We will reopen Fri and Sat normal hours (thank you 🥰!). We will be closed again on Easter Sunday and will resume normal hours Wed 4/8.

Any online orders placed this week will be shipped next Tuesday the 7th. Thank you for your patience.

Have a hoppy Easter! 🐇

03/28/2026

The girl descended into the darkness...but it is the Queen who returns.

Persephone was never meant to remain untouched.

The story most people cling to is simple innocence lost, a girl pulled into darkness, a life stolen.

But that is only the version that keeps her powerless.

Because something changed in the underworld.

She did not remain the girl they pitied.
She did not spend eternity longing for the surface.
She did not beg to be returned to what she once was.

She adapted.
She learned.
She transformed.

She ate the seeds.
She took the crown.
She became something the light could no longer define.

And that is the part they don’t like to talk about.

That sometimes, the descent is not destruction it is initiation.

That sometimes, the darkness does not break you it introduces you to a version of yourself that was waiting to rise.

They are comfortable with the version of you that was unaware.
The one who didn’t see clearly.
The one who could still be guided, shaped, softened.

But the version of you that has walked through shadow and chosen yourself anyway?

That version is harder to control.
Harder to reach.
Harder to rewrite.

Because once you stop trying to return to who you were you step fully into who you’ve become.

And that is where the real power lives. 🖤

03/28/2026

Yes! That is very much my intention. Everything here is made with love, with our hearts full of gratitude for each and every one of you. It's real. And it's magick. ✨️

03/28/2026

Buttons and Justice rollers HALF OFF TODAY!

03/27/2026

💐 SPRING FLING WAX MELTS 💐

👋 Wax melt enthusiasts! We've created a fresh and fabulous new assortment for spring. We've thoughtfully selected 5 spring-fresh scents to bring all the clean and carefree vibes to your home. Our seasonal wax melt assortments are intended to blend seamlessly together so that you can melt them individually or create your own custom blend by melting a few together.

Our aromatic palette for this collection includes fresh, dewy green lily of the valley, powdery soft violet, sweet honeysuckle and fragrant jasmine, iris and clean cotton blossom, cascading wisteria and beloved lilac. 💚💜💛🤍

Altogether this assortment evokes ethereal spring moments of being in a dew-drenched garden as the morning sun gently warms the opening blossoms, enveloping the fresh air with their delicate bouquet. An immersive aromatic experience!

03/25/2026

🐣🐰💐 PEEP THIS! 💐🐰🐣

Easter is coming! We have lots of adorable options for your Easter baskets. No candy here, but these sweet treats are sure to bring on the smiles! Plus, our treats last way longer than a piece of candy AND are much better for your body.

We'll help you put together the perfect products and accessories from all of our boutique offerings! C'mon by! We're open Wed-Sat 11-5p this week. FYI...we'll be closed most of next week for spring break except Fri and Sat, which will be normal hours. So hop 🐇 on over and check out all our goodies!
You'll be so hoppy you did! 🐇🐣😁

03/25/2026

“The earth is cool and dark,
And far below new life begins.
May the soil be blessed
with fertility and abundance,
with rains of life-giving water
with the warmth of the sun
with the energy of the raw earth.
May the soil be blessed
as the womb of the land
becomes fruitful and full
to bring forth the garden anew.”

~ Patti Wiggington, “Garden Blessing for Ostara”
https://www.learnreligions.com/ostara-rites-and-rituals-2562469

Art: Verena Wild, “First Signs of Spring”
Art by Verena Wild

03/25/2026

💚💐💚

In the Hidden World between the Trees, spring does not begin with flowers. It begins with a gathering.

Long before the first green shoots appear beside the path, before birds return to the branches and before the soil warms enough for human hands to notice, the seeds beneath the earth begin to stir.

All winter they have rested in the dark soil, tucked between roots and stones, wrapped in the deep quiet of the cold months. Above them the forest has slept. Snow has fallen. Winds have moved through bare branches.

But beneath the ground, the seeds have been listening.

They feel the slow warmth moving through the soil. They sense the lengthening of the days in ways no one above the ground could easily explain. Through the fine threads of root and fungus that weave the forest together, messages begin to travel again.

And so the seeds gather. Not in a place that could be found by digging, but in the quiet network beneath the earth where the living things of the forest share their oldest conversations.

There they hold their council.

The dandelion seeds are the first to speak. They are bold and impatient, always eager to rise. “The light is returning,” they say. “We should go now. The wind will carry us far.”

The oak acorns are slower to answer. They remember older seasons and colder springs. “The light is returning,” they agree, “but the earth is still deciding. We must wait a little longer.”

The wildflower seeds murmur softly among themselves, curious and hopeful. The maple keys listen from their quiet pockets in the soil, already dreaming of spinning down from tall branches.

Each seed carries its own memory of the seasons.
Each seed has its own way of waiting.
So they listen carefully.

To the roots of the trees above them.
To the faint stirring of worms through the soil.
To the slow warming that spreads through the ground like a distant breath.

And they wait for one more sign.

The old stories say that each spring, just after the balance of light has returned to the world, someone walks the land above them.

A quiet presence moving across fields and forests, carrying the first true weather of the new season.

The seeds know this.
So the council listens for her footsteps moving through the soil.
Only when they feel that gentle change pass through the earth do the seeds begin to loosen their shells.

Because spring, the Hidden World says, does not begin when the flowers appear.

It begins the moment the seeds agree the world above is ready—and the one who wakes them has arrived.

03/23/2026

PBO peeps! I'm long overdue for a vacation! So many projects at the homestead vying for attention and the beach is calling my name. Sooo...I am planning on taking a lil spring break of my own and closing the shop next week. Still need to work out some details on the dates and might get some weekend coverage so we're not closed too many days. I'll post as soon as I get it all worked out.

To be clear, we'll be open this week Wed-Sat 11-5p for sure!

03/20/2026

Spring!! 💐☘️🐰🐣

Morning Blessing

May your day move with measured ease,
each choice aligned with what feels right,
and may harmony flow softly
through all you touch.
Let the first crocuses remind you,
that even the smallest bloom
carries the promise of warmth.
Let the thawing soil whisper,
That you are ready to begin again.
Let the lengthening light say,
That your path is opening.
May this equinox, bless your roots
and your reach.
You are part of the turning world,
that is renewing, and full of spring.

✍️ 🎨 Rivers in the Ocean

03/20/2026

Happy spring and blessed Ostara 🐣🐰

🌞Happy Spring Equinox Friends!🐸🌱🪻☘️🐞🐛🪺
"Solstices and equinoxes mark the four movements in a celestial score. The older I get, the more I aspire to tap into the symphonic song of nature. To harmonize with the flow of seasons, the cycles in our landscapes, and the larger universe.
Spring or vernal equinox signals the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, marking the passage of the Sun across the celestial equator, as it travels from south to north. At the equinox (from the Latin aequus, “equal,” and nox, “night” - generally on the 20th or 21st of March), Earth’s northern and southern hemispheres are receiving the Sun’s rays equally, and night and day are nearly equal in length.

The spring equinox ushers in a long-awaited gardening season. For me, it means pruning orchard trees and roses, building wattle from the spoils, and listening to spring peepers sing out from vernal pools in the night. It’s watching rhubarb and spring bulbs push up through the leaf litter. Using the first cool, sunny days to work up a sweat repairing stone walls and filling garden beds with the compost that winter turned to soil. Planting the heartiest of cold-weather crops—mache, arugula, spinach, borage, calendula, kale, collards, cabbage, parsnip, turnip, radish—to ensure a delicious spring follows. Making teas and salads from the first perennials and self-sowing greens. Using the growing hours of sun and heat to follow the season and plant more tender annuals when they will succeed.

This equinox also means vestiges of the ancient rites of spring, rebirth, and renewal celebrating the goddess Eostre, Passover, and Easter—holidays traditions that make good use of the abundance of early spring herbs, eggs, and dairy.
Living in tune with the seasons helps bring variety and flow to life. It helps me to observe and celebrate the subtle changes around me and join in celebrations observed since ancient times. Most importantly, as a gardener, this Equinox reminds me that every Spring offers an opportunity to start anew"

🌿Happy Vernal Equinox friends! The Heirloom Gardener - John Forti
💚Artwork by Gaia Orion Art
Excerpt drawn from the essay on seasonality in my book https://www.amazon.com/Heirloom-Gardener-Traditional-Plants-Skills/dp/1604699930/ref=asc_df_1604699930/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475855876966&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=425320486515164354&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9002501&hvtargid=pla-1063945602629&psc=1