Celebrate Lammas

Celebrate Lammas

Outside:

• Use this day to harvest vegetables and herbs outside
• Collect Berries to make bracelets and garlands
• Collect seeds for next season’s sowing
• Leave offerings as thanks for this year’s harvest

In the Home:

• Burn Frankincense, Rose or Sandalwood incense
• Fill the home with the smell of fresh baked bread
• Leave bowls of sunflower seeds and nuts around the house to snack on
• Drink hoppy beers and ales
• Make apple candle holders

In the Kitchen:

• Make a sweet Cinnamon Braid Bread
• Bake a Wreath Bread or soda bread
• Make Lentil Pot Pie
• Make Elderberry Wine
• Make a corn and barley stew
• Feast on grains, seasonal vegetables, grapes, nuts and berries

In the Bath:

• Add skin-healing Calendula to your bath
• Surround yourself with yellow and orange candles
• Use a soothing moisturizing aloe lotion

On your Altar:

• Incorporate symbols of the harvest with things like corn and wheat
• Use shades of yellow, orange, gold and purple
• Decorate with apples, corn and wheat
• Add yellow and golden stones likes citrine