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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17476 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 28 2010 : 10:39:38 PM
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I have finally taken the time to post a few pics of my small but growing lavender field...This is it's 2nd full year...but I actually started 3 years ago with the first 20 plants and now have 125 plants.
Pop over to my katmom blog to "smell the lavender"...
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2010 : 2:16:54 PM
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Grace, I can smell them right now all the way from here! They are beautiful. I wish mine looked like that. Really nice pictures. Thanks for letting us look.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
933 Posts
Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
933 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2010 : 2:21:08 PM
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Beautiful Grace!! I loooove Lavender too!
I started with 2 plants last year, added a Provence this year, my dream is to have many, many plants....after seeing your blog and photos I know it is now possible!
How do you use your cuttings? Do you dry them? Do you sell them?
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. "~ Mary Pickford
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TexBetsy
True Blue Farmgirl
322 Posts
Betsy
Princeton
TX
USA
322 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2010 : 3:49:17 PM
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Oh how beautiful. I would love to be sitting in the middle of that garden.
Betsy
"God does not command that we do great things, only little things with great love" Mother Teresa |
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1534 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2010 : 5:55:03 PM
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Lovely plants, Grace. I am up to my elbows in lavender too. I am weaving wands as we speak. Every year I try to put in at least 10 plants. I lost some last winter too due to lack of snow to insulate them plus relentless late frosts.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
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shunger
True Blue Farmgirl
224 Posts
Suzanne
Helena
MT
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2010 : 8:00:54 PM
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| wow. Your lavender field is beautiful. I started with two in my herb garden last year and added three or four more this summer. They grow slowly, but I'm going to keep going, especially with your beautiful encouraging plants in my mind. Suzanne |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4862 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2010 : 06:28:56 AM
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Absolutely the most beautiful lavender garden I've ever seen! Your hard work has really paid off. Thanks for sharing with us!
Dawn in IL |
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Marlies Schmitt
Farmgirl in Training
36 Posts
Marlies
Nampa
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Aug 01 2010 : 11:45:50 AM
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Gracie,
Wow, I felt so peaceful just thinking of your bench in your lavender field. Very inspirational, and I just love your babies! How cute they are!
Marlies
Duck Lane Winery |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17476 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 2:12:19 PM
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Hey Marlies,
I just got back from a Glamping trip over on the Elk River In ID....BEA...U..TI...FUL!
Brenda,
mostly for sachets, spritzes, sleep masks, as well as tea and baking(cheesecake-my fav)...oh & I just started making those Hair Scrunchii's, the ones made from fabric w/a piece of elastic inside...I fill the Scrunchii w/ about 1/4 cup of dried lavender buds.
So each time you wrap your hair up in a ponytail using the scrunchii, the lavender wafts around your hair.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17476 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 10:38:34 PM
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hey Sheri,
My latest lavender project is lavender filled hair Scrunchii's...
I think I will make a few lavender wands to hang in my trailer..I love the scent when I open the door & step into my trailer..ahhhhhhh! sweet lavender.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1534 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 11:49:28 PM
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Lavender scrunchii's - that's a neat idea. I have been sifting dry lavender buds for a few days now and my nose is a bit over whelmed. I am up to just under 2 gallon jars full of cleaned buds. And up to 15 wands so far. I think my nose needs a day off for a day or two! A wee bit of olifactory overload.....
Blessings, Sheri
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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