Mel 🍂🍄
@thequietplace.bsky.social
Folklore • Fantasy books • Goth flowers • Gardening • Theme parks • History nerd/writer • Sometimes plays Zelda or Kingdom Hearts • Married • She/Her • Bi • Neurodivergent • 🔮🌱🎢⚰️🖤 http://www.instagram.com/_thequietplace
A tale of two lilies! I was very lucky to find Black Ship (first picture) bulbs at Gardeners World Live this year so I was able to compare them with my existing Knight Rider flowers (second picture). The sort of gardening experiment I enjoy 😂🥰 #GardensHour 🌱
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A tale of two lilies! I was very lucky to find Black Ship (first picture) bulbs at Gardeners World Live this year so I was able to compare them with my existing Knight Rider flowers (second picture). The sort of gardening experiment I enjoy 😂🥰 #GardensHour 🌱
Very hard to pick between these two! Hadn’t grown either of them before and I was very impressed with their darkness (and the million bells are still going because it’s so mild) 😍👍🖤
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Very hard to pick between these two! Hadn’t grown either of them before and I was very impressed with their darkness (and the million bells are still going because it’s so mild) 😍👍🖤
Why is there also a squirrel on my Yule tree? Because of Ratatoskr or “drill-tooth” the squirrel who gnaws at and runs around Yggdrasil. Passing rude messages between the eagle and the serpent who live above and below the tree, making them dislike each other #FolkloreSunday
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Why is there also a squirrel on my Yule tree? Because of Ratatoskr or “drill-tooth” the squirrel who gnaws at and runs around Yggdrasil. Passing rude messages between the eagle and the serpent who live above and below the tree, making them dislike each other #FolkloreSunday
Things that just make sense on my folklore and mythology centric Yule tree. Mushrooms, skulls and antlers. Wolves. Black Phillip. Snow boots for Skadi! 🥰👍🎄 #yule
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Things that just make sense on my folklore and mythology centric Yule tree. Mushrooms, skulls and antlers. Wolves. Black Phillip. Snow boots for Skadi! 🥰👍🎄 #yule
Some of the advent calendar treats so far! 🥰
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some of the advent calendar treats so far! 🥰
Woke up to find that we’d had an earthquake here in Lancashire last night and now it looks like someone has destroyed the dark lord Sauron’s magic ring 😂🤷♀️
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Woke up to find that we’d had an earthquake here in Lancashire last night and now it looks like someone has destroyed the dark lord Sauron’s magic ring 😂🤷♀️
December means I get to open my advent calendar! My garden birds and squirrels are going to be lovely and chubby by the end of the month 😂👍 #GardensHour
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
December means I get to open my advent calendar! My garden birds and squirrels are going to be lovely and chubby by the end of the month 😂👍 #GardensHour
The witchiest winter plant (imo) that I saw called a “hell of a bore” this week! I don’t agree! Once said to have poisoned Alexander the Great they’re sacred to the sorceress Hecate and linked to necromancy. They also cured Hercules of madness after Hera made him kill his children #FolkloreSunday
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The witchiest winter plant (imo) that I saw called a “hell of a bore” this week! I don’t agree! Once said to have poisoned Alexander the Great they’re sacred to the sorceress Hecate and linked to necromancy. They also cured Hercules of madness after Hera made him kill his children #FolkloreSunday
A very frozen looking #FlowersOnFriday this week! We’ve not had snow yet but it’s been very cold the last few days ❄️ 🌱
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A very frozen looking #FlowersOnFriday this week! We’ve not had snow yet but it’s been very cold the last few days ❄️ 🌱
Cool things I’ve done recently. Been to find some more Viking age cross shafts in my local area, in a graveyard 👍🥰
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Cool things I’ve done recently. Been to find some more Viking age cross shafts in my local area, in a graveyard 👍🥰
Poppy is linked to gods of sleep (and death) like the twins Hypnus and Thanatos. It was also a component of “dwale” if mixed with vinegar. A sleep inducing recipe from the 12th century. The Middle English word (pronounced dwahluh) comes from Old Norse “dwol” meaning sleep or trance #FolkyFriday 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Poppy is linked to gods of sleep (and death) like the twins Hypnus and Thanatos. It was also a component of “dwale” if mixed with vinegar. A sleep inducing recipe from the 12th century. The Middle English word (pronounced dwahluh) comes from Old Norse “dwol” meaning sleep or trance #FolkyFriday 🌱
Just a couple of Saturday snaps! 🌱 #bloomscrolling
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Just a couple of Saturday snaps! 🌱 #bloomscrolling
The wicker man (this is the Alton Towers version) is mentioned by both Caesar and Strabo as a method of Celtic human sacrifice. With the ashes scattered to help crops grow. Diodorus also said Celts would burn animals and captives with the first fruits of the harvest or in wooden boxes #FolkyFriday
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The wicker man (this is the Alton Towers version) is mentioned by both Caesar and Strabo as a method of Celtic human sacrifice. With the ashes scattered to help crops grow. Diodorus also said Celts would burn animals and captives with the first fruits of the harvest or in wooden boxes #FolkyFriday
November means bulb planting! Was out adding crocus and fritillaries to some community spaces over the weekend and I’ve ordered myself more “Midnight Sky” hyacinths for home today too because they’re just stunning 🌱 #GardensHour
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
November means bulb planting! Was out adding crocus and fritillaries to some community spaces over the weekend and I’ve ordered myself more “Midnight Sky” hyacinths for home today too because they’re just stunning 🌱 #GardensHour
Happy Halloween and blessed Samhain everyone! Wishing you a wonderfully spooky day. I’ll hopefully be planting my tulips bulbs (I usually do!) 🥰🎃💀🪦🖤 🌱 #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Happy Halloween and blessed Samhain everyone! Wishing you a wonderfully spooky day. I’ll hopefully be planting my tulips bulbs (I usually do!) 🥰🎃💀🪦🖤 🌱 #halloween
No it’s actually just the leaves of the dahlia variety! I grow this one called Dracula which is similar, with black foliage too 😍🖤
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
No it’s actually just the leaves of the dahlia variety! I grow this one called Dracula which is similar, with black foliage too 😍🖤
Halloween theme you say? 🎃🖤 here’s some of my own black plants from over the year and a lovely display I saw this week at a cafe using a gorgeous dahlia! #GardensHour 🌱
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Halloween theme you say? 🎃🖤 here’s some of my own black plants from over the year and a lovely display I saw this week at a cafe using a gorgeous dahlia! #GardensHour 🌱
Definitely most proud of the recycled/reused plants (also grown from my own seed) and donated pots I’ve slowly added to a local churchyard. As part of a plan to improve a quiet, unloved area there. Put in 5 unwanted yarrows last week from our local In Bloom summer bedding scheme too 🥰👍 #GardensHour
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Definitely most proud of the recycled/reused plants (also grown from my own seed) and donated pots I’ve slowly added to a local churchyard. As part of a plan to improve a quiet, unloved area there. Put in 5 unwanted yarrows last week from our local In Bloom summer bedding scheme too 🥰👍 #GardensHour
Most goblins were said to be malicious. Causing problems in homes by banging pots and pans, moving furniture or tapping on walls and doors. Hobgoblins are more friendly! They happily help humans in exchange for gifts. These are the guys I like to think I have in my garden! 😂 #FolkloreSunday 🌱
October 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Most goblins were said to be malicious. Causing problems in homes by banging pots and pans, moving furniture or tapping on walls and doors. Hobgoblins are more friendly! They happily help humans in exchange for gifts. These are the guys I like to think I have in my garden! 😂 #FolkloreSunday 🌱
I always see posts like this getting attention but they confuse me because it’s really not that hard to buy any of those flowers or grow them for yourself. I’ve grown them all this year! 😂 🌱 #FlowersOnFriday
October 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I always see posts like this getting attention but they confuse me because it’s really not that hard to buy any of those flowers or grow them for yourself. I’ve grown them all this year! 😂 🌱 #FlowersOnFriday
Over on the the old bird app people seem to be claiming that girls can’t like Star Wars which is totally ridiculous. I like it so much I even grow the “Star Wars” dahlia! Take that guys 😝😂 🌱 #StarWars
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Over on the the old bird app people seem to be claiming that girls can’t like Star Wars which is totally ridiculous. I like it so much I even grow the “Star Wars” dahlia! Take that guys 😝😂 🌱 #StarWars
It’s monkshood season in my garden at the moment and they really do look like little cloaks or hats don’t they! #GardensHour
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It’s monkshood season in my garden at the moment and they really do look like little cloaks or hats don’t they! #GardensHour
Hello! 👋 I think I’m best know for my obsession with black flowers and I’d love to know if anybody else has grown anything similar 👍🖤
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hello! 👋 I think I’m best know for my obsession with black flowers and I’d love to know if anybody else has grown anything similar 👍🖤
Spotted some gorgeous mushrooms at Alton Towers too! Haven’t seen a amanita that big before in a car park 😂😍🍄 #fungi #fungifriends
October 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Spotted some gorgeous mushrooms at Alton Towers too! Haven’t seen a amanita that big before in a car park 😂😍🍄 #fungi #fungifriends
Overall a suitably gloomy day was had! 🖤
October 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Overall a suitably gloomy day was had! 🖤