Esmeralda Fairy enters my greenhouse each and every morning with her baskets of fairy dust flavoring our kale plants, so divine.

We are very appreciative of Esmeralda’s efforts and welcome the Home Place Fairies that help tend our gardens.

It is very important to express appreciation and gratitude to all of those who offer their services so selflessly.

The Wizard and I harvest Esmeralda’s Fairy sweetened Kale from our glass greenhouse from March until late November… when we let the greenhouse rest for the winter.

My family loves kale which I grow in straw mulched garden rows next to bush beans and kohlrabi, lettuce and chard.

I enjoy planting kale in different environments such as raised beds covered with remay.  Remay is a sheer gardeners fabric which lets in the warming rays of sunlight as well as rain drops pass through.  Remay protects Kale’s tender leaves from insects such as aphids, weevils or mites

Kale is delicious and used in many Fairy Folk recipes here at the farm.

Which way to Fairyland?

Home Place Fairies are always on the lookout for new and illuminating discoveries.

They search way down low, sprinkling nourishing fairy dust, encouraging the smallest of flowers to blossom and grow.

Fairies flutter up high into the tallest of trees where wondrous beings hover and fly.

“Don’t you know everyone has a Fairyland.”

      P.J. Travers

Sometimes if a community is lucky they might have an individual or two who stands out for their selfless acts of giving. Here in mid coast Maine generations of children have been fortunate enough to have been acquainted with an entire family of such individuals whose hearts overflow with generosity and love. A big shout out to Miss. Bette, Miss. Angie, Miss. Jo, Mr. Jerry and Miss. Suzanne!

The Wizard and I have hosted many annual end of the school year Grand Fairy Tea Parties for one of the most dynamic preschools we know of. Lovely Annie, a fairy fine wandering minstrel delights us with her music, she is beautiful to behold.

Adults and children dance and prance as we parade through gardens with shy little fairies glimmering beside us.

With the assistance of parents and friends wishes are collected from all of the children and deposited within a tiny wicker basket. This basket is dusted with magical fairy dust, carefully attached to environmentally safe balloons and carried by the currents of the wind to Fairyland. What fun on a brilliant day!

Here’s a little movie/ slideshow of our wonderful morning of celebration. Click on the link below…enjoy.

Grand Fairy Tea Party

I wonder what kinds of wishes the fairies received?

Here Ye, Here Ye,

Come together in Celebration,

both young and old.

Today is the day, it’s that time of the year…

The Grand Fairy Tea Party!

A culmination of Summer from Spring,

when Fairy Folk and humans gather together

for joyous song and dancing,

appreciation and respect.

The Fairies announce this gathering

and welcome you here.

Fairies believe in the Magic of Possibilities.

They understand the power of wishful thinking and the magic that is nature and the natural world surrounding us.

Fairy Folk are clever and spry.

They are ageless, helpful, resourceful and can be mischievous too.

Fairy Folk have been around since the beginnings of Time.

Summer is when they reign in all their glory.

So take note some full moon summer’s eve, perhaps what you perceive as some tiny little firefly is actually a wee small fairy out dancing in the moonlight.

The Fairies hope you will come to our show at The Bangor Public Library June through July.

There will be an opening reception June 2nd 4-5 pm.

20 % of all proceeds from The Magic of Believing will go to The Bangor Public Library and 40% will go to The Landing Place Youth Center in Rockland Maine.

Have a Fairy Merry Day, hope to see you!

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The Landing Place

Knox County Homeless Coalition

https://www.homehelphope.org › the-landing-place

Knox County Homeless Coalition

https://www.homehelphope.org

Early this morning I heard a soft tapping at my door, and whom should I find there greeting me? Why Tiny G, the smallest of the Home Place Fairy Folk. As is the custom each and every spring Tiny G hand delivers my invitation to The Grand Fairy Spring Ball. Fairy balls are grand occasions with much planning and preparation begun months beforehand. As Seamstress to the Fairies I am responsible for designing and stitching together a vast array of elaborate fairy wear.

Little G is responsible for delivering all the invitations to the Grand Fairy Spring Ball and she takes her mission seriously, checking her list several times over.

Afterwards I invite G into my kitchen for a sip of honey and blueberry nectar tea.