The Owl Princess

Book 4: Chapter 2- Life on Ogygia

Pharmakeia studies and daily chores were often one-in-the-same on Ogygia. Each morning after breakfast, Calypso went to tend the garden. Aunt Hecate had taught her which plants grew best in the garden and which were best harvested wild as well as the culinary, medicinal, and magical uses of each.
Ogygia was a steep, rocky island with sandy soil and little grew there naturally besides wild olive trees, pines, and prickly shrubs. Calypso sang spells and hymns to the Earth Mother and the Goddess of Grain so that whatever plant she desired would grow for her. Then, she would sing to the Sky Father, so he would send a rain cloud to water her garden. Mítir would charm delicious looking lettuce so that it would appear as poisonous foxglove to the wild goats and sheep who would try to eat it. Other times, a dog would be conjured from the mist to frighten them away.