Gustav Theodor Fechner

Might there not be souls, which bloom in stillness, exhale fragrance and satisfy their thirst with dew and their impulses by their burgeoning? Could not flowers communicate with each other by the very perfumes they exude, becoming aware of each other’s presence by a means more delightful than the verbiage and breath of humans?

-Gustav Theodor Fechner

So They May Find Your Way- Marigolds

Marigold Wine

2 quarts marigolds (use Calendula officinalis only)

1 gallon boiling water

1 campden tablet, crushed (sterilizer)

thinly pared peel and juice of 3 tangerines or other soft citrus fruit

thinly pared peel and juice of 1 lemon

5½ cups sugar

1¼ cups white raisins, finely chopped

wine yeast

yeast nutrient

Wash the flowers and put into a large container. Add the boiling water and stir in the Campden tablet.

Leave for 24 hours.

Draw off 1 cup of the liquid, add citrus peel and heat to just on the point of boiling. Add the sugar, stirring until dissolved. Cool to body temperature, then pour back into the original container. Add raisins, citrus juice, yeast, and nutrient. Cover and leave 5 days to ferment, stirring twice each day.

Strain through a double thickness of muslin. Pour into a fermenting jar fitted with a fermentation lock and leave to continue fermenting. Rack the wine as it begins to clear.

When completely clear, store in a cool, dark, dry place for six months to mature.

Marigolds make an especially good companion for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, gourds, squash, broccoli, kale, and cabbage. But as a general rule plant them everywhere!

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Lord Holland wrote to his wife,
one of histories rudest beauties,
the following verse:

"The dahlia you brought to our isle
Your praises for ever shall speak;
Mid gardens as sweet as your smile,
And in color as bright as your cheek”

There is no flower of such a decorating character as the Dahlia in its season; for, whether it finds a place around the limited ground of the city residence, or the open exposure of the rural cottage, its brilliant flowers shine unrivaled and attractive to every observer: by the roadside it invites and cheers the wearied traveler, and in the city it gives a lively conception to every passer by.

A treatise on the culture of the Dahlia and Cactus By Edward Sayers

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It is not the light given or reflected by the moon,
its quantity or intensity that is concerned with planting,
but the quality of the rays.

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