{"id":5399,"date":"2026-02-16T20:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:17:30","slug":"little-bit-of-summer-in-the-pit-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=5399","title":{"rendered":"Little Bit of Summer in the Pit House"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/strong>ttached to our barn we have a pit greenhouse.<\/p>\n

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O<\/strong>ur so called Pit House is a greenhouse buried 8 feet deep into the earth with a southern facing glass roof.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong> wonderful haven where magic happens all year long.<\/p>\n

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B<\/strong>runhilde Toad and her sister Trixie winter here, it is their version of the tropics.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>maryllis flowers blossom among large pots of\u00a0 Rosemary and\u00a0 Scented Geraniums.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>he earth banked sides retain solar warmth collected from the glass roof on sunny winter days.<\/p>\n

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F<\/strong>airy Folk visit with me as I tend\u00a0 herbs on the warmest of the winter days. They sprinkle fairy dust about which encourages the plants to continue to sprout, blossom and grow.<\/p>\n

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S<\/strong>ome of my favorite children visit with the fairies as they help water the herbs sparingly during the long cold winter months.<\/p>\n

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S<\/strong>pending an hour or two in this green and flowering little haven is truly magical, especially on a cold Maine winter day.<\/p>\n

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I<\/strong> come from a long line of gardeners who were friends with the fairy folk, and many of them had pithouses as well as above ground glass greenhouses.<\/p>\n

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E<\/strong>ach generation in my family there have been individuals who were friends with the Fairy Folk.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>nd each generation has had their own Memory Keeper. I am the Memory Keeper for my generation. I am known as Seamstress to the Fairies.<\/p>\n

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I<\/strong> make fairy clothing for the wee folk as well as enchanted wearable gardens for human believers of the Fae.<\/p>\n

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I<\/strong>‘ve also been known to write a fairy tale or two.<\/p>\n

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I<\/strong>n the winter when my gardens are asleep I enjoy spending quiet moments in my pit house enjoying the greenery and scent of herb flowers and warm rich earth on a snowy white day.<\/p>\n

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C<\/strong>innamon is a fairy happy bunny who spends the winter residing in the warmth and flora of our pit house along with his pal Toast.<\/p>\n

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C<\/b>innamon and Toast are fairy small rabbits and very friendly, they tend to the winter pruning of my rather large Rosemary plants.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong> little nibble here and a little nibble there, they keep these shrubs tidy and tame.<\/p>\n

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They also like to munch on tender little weeds who poke up through the sand and gravel floor.<\/p>\n

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R<\/strong>osemary sparkled with fairy dust.<\/p>\n

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H<\/strong>ere are some images of other pit greenhouses. They come in all sizes, but the concept is the same, each is a glass roofed structure nested snug into the warmth of Earth’s soil.<\/p>\n

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