Spring is the perfect time for a seed blessing ritual. A few days or weeks before the ritual, shop for or select the seeds you wish to use. Choose a full-sun day for the ritual. Just after sunrise, fill a treasured or blessed bowl with a bit of garden or potting soil, then set the seeds or packets in the bowl. (Wrap loose seeds in a bit of tissue.) Holding the bowl in your hands, face east, lift the bowl toward the sun, and intone:

Blessed sun and mother Gaia,
Hold these seeds close to your breast.
Fire and earth bring fertile life,
Air and water inspire the rest.

Leave the seeds in the direct sunshine until sunset (if your home area is too hot to leave them in direct sun, use a sunny window), then tuck them into a corner of your altar space until it’s time to plant them.