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
