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Gardening with Intention: A Black Girl Bruja Guide to Sacred Seasons

Grow with the Earth, Heal with the Seasons

Gardening isn’t just about food or flowers—it’s a spiritual practice. It teaches us patience, alignment, surrender, and sacred timing. Whether you live in the tropics or somewhere the snow falls deep, there is always a way to garden with purpose and ritual. This guide helps you integrate spiritual practices with seasonal gardening across USDA Zones 1 through 10.

Why Gardening Is a Spiritual Practice

Every seed you plant is a prayer. Every weed you pull is a release. Every harvest is a blessing returned.

Gardening connects us to:

• The Earth element — grounding and stability
• The Water element — flow and nourishment
• The Fire element — sunlight and transformation
• The Air element — breath and movement

Tending the land is ancestral. It is ritual. It is self-care. It allows us to observe natural cycles that mirror our internal growth. The same way we prune plants, we learn to prune distractions, toxicity, and stagnation.

Seasonal Gardening by Zone (USDA Zones 1–10)

Each zone is based on average minimum temperatures. This breakdown offers flexible options to adjust your gardening rhythm based on your climate.

🌱 SPRING (Awakening & Planting Intentions)

Spiritual Focus: Renewal, vision setting, preparing fertile ground.

Zones 1–3:

• Start seeds indoors (herbs, tomatoes, peppers)
• Cold-hardy veggies outdoors (spinach, kale, lettuce)
• Bless seeds with affirmations before planting

Zones 4–6:

• Direct sow root crops (carrots, beets)
• Begin garden altar with natural items (stones, feathers, rainwater)

Zones 7–10:

• Plant warm-season crops (beans, squash, cucumbers)
• Set intentions at sunrise while watering

🔥 SUMMER (Growth & Energy Work)

Spiritual Focus: Action, abundance, solar energy, manifestation.

Zones 1–3:

• Tend container gardens (basil, calendula, chives)
• Offer gratitude under full moons in the garden

Zones 4–6:

• Maintain veggies & herbs, begin harvesting
• Work with sun-charged water to energize soil

Zones 7–10:

• Harvest summer bounty, prune for growth
• Practice barefoot grounding while gardening

🍂 FALL (Harvest & Reflection)

Spiritual Focus: Gratitude, closure, releasing what no longer serves.

Zones 1–3:

• Final harvest + garden cleanup
• Bury notes of things you’re releasing with compost

Zones 4–6:

• Plant garlic & cover crops
• Journal while sitting near your garden altar

Zones 7–10:

• Plant cool-season crops (greens, onions)
• Bless harvested food before storing or gifting

❄️ WINTER (Rest & Inner Growth)

Spiritual Focus: Stillness, inner healing, dreaming.

Zones 1–3:

• Plan garden layout with vision boards
• Start sprouts indoors, create ritual tea blends

Zones 4–6:

• Tend to houseplants or grow herbs indoors
• Use garden journal as a dream log

Zones 7–10:

• Grow winter herbs (rosemary, thyme)
• Clean tools with moon water + intention for next cycle

Sacred Practices to Incorporate Year-Round

• Build a garden altar
• Speak affirmations to your plants
• Compost with gratitude for what has ended
• Harvest under moon phases
• Bless seeds, soil, and water

You don’t need land to be a gardener. You need love, a vessel, some soil, and a little sunlight. Container gardens, windowsills, balconies—all count. Whether you’re in Zone 1 or Zone 10, your magic is always in season.

Your garden is your sanctuary. Treat it like your altar. Tend to it like your peace. Let it reflect the beauty growing within you.

In gardening terms, that’s the difference between planting from seed, or planting someone’s else’s seed of hard work.  Using someone else’s work cost more out of pocket money too!!!

We are in a season of planning so we can be prepared to sow our seeds when it’s time.

🍋 When Life Gives You Lemons, Grow Them with Intention

There’s something powerful about growing your own lemons. These bright, bold fruits don’t just wake up your taste buds — they awaken your spirit. To plant a lemon tree is to believe in sunshine, to have faith that something small and sour can grow into something vibrant, healing, and full of zest.

Lemons are nature’s alchemists. They cleanse, uplift, and transform. And just like life, they can start off tart but end up sweet — when paired with patience, sunlight, and care.

Whether you’re planting them in your backyard, a pot on your patio, or just dreaming of your own citrus sanctuary, lemons remind us:
🌞 You can bloom wherever you are.
🌿 You can grow beauty from bitterness.
✨ And you can turn the unexpected into something magical.

Supplies needed:

Fresh Lemon Seeds

Dirt

Small pots

I started by carefully peeling the hard outer shell off of the lemon. That will expose the delicate seed on the inside.

Then we place 1 seed into each peat pot.

Make sure your seeds are watered thoroughly, and cover.

Sit seeds under grow lights, or on a window sill for light.

Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive. We just want our seeds to grow! I literally have basil rooting right now in a plain water bottle.

Give your seeds a few weeks to sprout, and you’re in business!

Here are my lemon seeds approximately 1 month after planting.

Things to take into consideration……

Gardening Zone

I am gardening in the United States. Our gardening zones are separated into 10 different zones, with each one having different temperatures, frost and freezing dates. It is so important to know what those dates are so you can make maximize your gardening productivity.

I personally live and garden in zone 6, which is why I start alot of my seeds indoors so when our temperatures warm up in the spring, I can hit the ground running with my seedlings!

If you are unsure of your gardening Zone, here is a map for you to find yours.

I found this map on the the Arbor Day website! Their website is located at https://www.arborday.org/media/zones.cfm.

You can also look at their website for lots of useful gardening information.

Gardening Space

Gardening space is such a big thing deal! When I first started gardening, I was living on a military base and I did not DARE till up their grass, so I started out gardening in pots! And really, I enjoy gardening in pots. No weeds, easy to position the pots where you want, and they are really easy to take care of! However, depending on what supplies you use, it can be rather expensive–pots and dirt.

This is what I use for gardening pots:

I like them because they are lightweight with handles, and omg, you can get so many sizes to suit your gardening needs!

But if you’ve got space—baby, SPACE—then the sky truly is the limit.

When I first started gardening, I didn’t have a grand plan or a Pinterest-worthy layout. I just knew I wanted to put something in the soil and see it grow. It was a whole lot of trial and error in the beginning, especially with in-ground gardening.

My dream was simple: a garden where my kids could walk outside, reach down, and pick fresh, healthy snacks right from the Earth. I could see it in my mind… I just wasn’t exactly sure how to make it real—yet.

So I did what any woman with a dream and a shovel would do… I got my hands dirty and figured it out one season at a time. I watched YouTube videos, asked questions at plant nurseries, and made a lot of rookie mistakes. But every sprout, every wilting leaf, every surprise tomato taught me something new.

I learned that gardening isn’t about perfection — it’s about partnership with the land. It’s about listening to what your soil needs, watching how the sun moves across your yard, and understanding that growth takes time — just like it does in life.

Over time, I started to see my vision come alive. My kids began picking strawberries off the vine. Peas became their after-school snack. And the garden slowly turned into more than just a plot of dirt — it became a sacred space. A place where health, healing, and family joy all lived together in harmony.

Now? Now I plan with purpose. I choose what to grow not just based on what we eat, but what we need. And I still leave room for experimenting, because in gardening — just like in spirit — we’re always learning, always growing, always blooming in new ways.

I don’t necessarily like grass, so I front yard garden.  Depending on where you live and/or your homeowners association,  front yard gardening might not be for you.  Yes, I live within a home owners association,  but I do it anyway!  You don’t have to be a rebel like me to garden though. 

However,  in my front yard, I grow a few things! Let’s take a peek!!!

One would think that with all of that, I would be all gardened out, but I’m not!!!! Let’s look at the backyard garden!!!

Manifestation Prayer for Planting & Fruition

Divine Creator, Sacred Earth, and Ancient Ancestors,
As I place these seeds into the soil,
I align my heart with the magic of growth, the rhythm of nature, and the power of manifestation.

With each grain of soil I press down,
I release doubt.
I release fear.
I release delay.

I speak life into this soil.
I speak abundance into this seed.
I speak fulfillment into this vision.

Just as this seed knows how to become what it was created to be,
so do my dreams know how to bloom.
So does my purpose know how to rise.

I call in the energy of patience, perseverance, and divine timing.
I trust that what is mine is already rooting for me.
And what I nourish will grow in perfect alignment with my highest good.

Let this planting be more than a ritual.
Let it be a sacred agreement.
Between me, the Earth, and all that wants to bloom in my life.

And so it is. 🌿✨
Asé. Amen. Aho.

Buzzing with Purpose: A Sweet Lesson in Honey & Harmony

The Spiritual Practice of Raising Bees

Out in my garden, tucked between the flowering herbs and dancing sunflowers, is a humming world that never sleeps. A place where tiny, golden-winged workers gather in rhythm, rise with the sun, and return with the nectar of life itself. I’m talking about my bees—and let me tell you, they have taught me more about patience, purpose, and divine alignment than almost anything else.

Raising bees is more than harvesting honey. It’s a spiritual practice of trust, devotion, and energetic balance. Just like us, bees live in community. They each have a role. They follow the call of nature and serve something greater than themselves—the hive.

A Bee’s Journey: How Honey Happens

Let’s take a moment to honor the miracle of honey. Because this sweet gift doesn’t just “appear”—it’s the product of sacred collaboration.

1. The Foraging Begins
   Worker bees leave the hive and fly from flower to flower, sipping nectar and collecting pollen. Each visit is like a prayer, pollinating plants and nourishing ecosystems. Spiritually, this mirrors how we gather wisdom and experience from the world.
2. Nectar Becomes Gold
   The nectar is stored in a special honey stomach (yes, they have one just for that!) and returned to the hive. There, the nectar is passed mouth-to-mouth between bees, reducing water content and adding enzymes. Through cooperation and transformation, it becomes something entirely new—honey. Just like our own spiritual journeys: raw experience becomes wisdom when processed with love and intention.
3. Honey Is Sealed
   Once the honey reaches the right thickness, bees cap it with wax to preserve it. It becomes nourishment for the hive—fuel for colder months. A reminder that our spiritual work isn’t just for now, but for sustaining our souls in hard seasons.

What Bees Teach Us About Spirit

• Discipline & Flow: Bees work steadily, not frantically. They remind us to move with purpose, not pressure.
• Community & Harmony: Each bee knows its role—no ego, no competition, just collaboration. Imagine what we could do with that kind of energy.
• Divine Timing: They don’t rush the honey. They don’t second-guess the flower. Bees trust the process. And that, right there, is the lesson.

The Sweetest Message

When I tend to my bees, I am reminded that something small and sacred can still create something powerful and lasting. That with intention, patience, and a little work, we too can produce honey—whether it’s in the form of healing, love, abundance, or peace.

So the next time you drizzle honey into your tea or onto your toast, remember: that sweetness was created in harmony, in rhythm, in community. Just like your spirit was meant to be.

Bee blessed. 🐝🍯✨

🍯 Honey Abundance Ritual: Manifesting Sweetness into Your Life

🌿 Ingredients:

• A small jar of pure raw honey
• A gold or green candle (for abundance and prosperity)
• A piece of paper and pen
• A bay leaf (optional, for extra money energy)
• A quiet, clean space to do your work

✨ Step-by-Step Ritual:

1. Create Sacred Space

Cleanse your area with smoke, sound, or a quick prayer. Light your candle and take a few deep breaths. Visualize golden light pouring into your space like warm honey, coating everything with peace and prosperity.

2. Write Your Intentions

On the paper, write down what you want to attract:

“I welcome consistent money flow into my life.”
“I attract aligned opportunities that bless me financially.”
“Abundance sticks to me like honey to skin.”

Speak each one aloud and mean it with your whole chest.

3. Honey Anointing

Dip your finger into the honey and lightly anoint:

• Your third eye (for vision)
• Your palms (to receive)
• Your heart center (to stay grateful and open)

As you do this, say:

“As this honey is sweet, so too shall my life be sweetened with abundance. May money stick to me, may wealth find me, and may joy overflow in all I do.”

4. Seal It with Fire + Flavor

Fold your paper toward you (to attract). Place it under the candle or next to your honey jar. You can even write your intentions directly on a bay leaf and burn it safely in a fire-safe dish.

Let the candle burn down in full (or snuff and relight as needed). Every time you use honey in the next week (in tea, food, etc.), repeat one of your intentions aloud.

💫 Optional Add-Ons:

• Drink honeyed tea each morning for 7 days as a ritual of receiving
• Add a cinnamon stick to the honey jar to boost energy and fast action
• Play soft, uplifting music while visualizing your bank account growingggg 💸

🐝 Final Blessing:

“As bees turn nectar into gold, so do I turn my gifts into wealth.
As honey flows, so too does money, peace, and joy into my life.
And so it is. Asé. Amen.”