Where are the Fairies?

This is little known secret about how the fairies spend the winter.

Some fairies choose to fly south for the winter. Just as some people like to enjoy warm sunshine all year, so do some fairies. Other fairies are so busy throughout the growing season they choose to rest for the winter.

In late summer or early fall the garden fairies search for places to sleep through the winter months.  I am fortunate to have a very large very old Oak tree in my garden. There are many nooks and crannies in this tree. There is also an old stone wall with many holes that appear as teeny tiny caves.

As autumn approaches, the fairies look for these hidden spots and start to gather things that can be used for a warm and comfy bedding. If you find a nook with dried grass, soft leaves of Lambs Ear and scented herbs like Lavender, you may have stumbled onto a winter fairy nest.

Just about the time that the last leaves fall from the trees, the fairies disappear. As a fairy falls into their deep winter sleep something magical happens. The fairy becomes a reflection of the winter fairy nest they have created. This is the reason you can’t find them in the garden.

The fairies will begin to wake when the Forsythias are finished blooming and the leaves start to show on many of the trees, shrubs and other plants in

the garden.