Spores & Sprigs
Microbiology learning • plants & gardening • apothecary vibes
Welcome to a field journal of the unseen.
Here, the veil is thin — between science and sorcery, between soil and specimen slide, between what is known and what waits quietly beneath the lens.
This is a chronicle of microbes and moss, of healing arts and hidden kingdoms. A place where laboratory notes mingle with garden dirt, where fungal networks feel as mystical as any spell circle, and where curiosity is treated as sacred practice.
If you are drawn to the small, the strange, the overlooked —
if you find beauty in Petri dishes and forest floors alike —
then you are among kindred spirits.
Step lightly. Look closely.
There is always more than meets the eye.
Latest Lab Entry
The Witch and the Sourdough Mold
✶ March 31, 2026 ✶
I made a sourdough loaf just to let it mold on purpose
The Witch and the Microalga
✶ March 23, 2026 ✶
A new friend has been discovered ~ Meet Bethany, the microalga!
The Witch and the Nematode-Trapping Fungi
✶ March 10, 2026 ✶
Viewing biofilm chunks and aquatic fungi (debateable - because I'm not an expert).
*Disclaimer and AI Usage*
Please be aware that I have zero artistic talent/vision, and so I used ChatGPT for the following artwork: banners, paragraph decorations, and transforming my family photo into a "sketch-style". However, the photos of the samples, locations, and microscope findings are all done by me, the author/owner of this blog.
I am not an expert! This is simply a hobby I enjoy and I do the best amount of research I can with my very low-grade knowledge on the subject. So please don't take anything here as textbook!