A custom in many gardens in England is growing a "fairy tuft," a patch of wild growth allowed to thrive on its own in order to attract fairies. To do this yourself, simply designate a wild corner in your garden. Leave offerings at the edge of your miniature wildland-a saucer of water or milk, a small pretty stone, some bread. If you must trim your tuft, do it by hand-steel blades are said to harm the fairy world. |