Lavender love

I have to admit that I really don’t want to cut the last of my lavender. It is so spectacularly beautiful and the honey bees are buzzing and gathering lavender nectar in the most amazing way. I don’t want it to end! I’ve collected 45 bundles of Lavender today from my largest patch and it still isn’t fully picked-off.

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Hemaris thysbe, commonly known as the hummingbird clearwing (moth)

Break time now and then these bundles along with the other 15 already in the drying room will need to be strung and hung upside-down and left to dry. However before I hang the freshly cut lavender I think I will have to take down some more of the dry bundles and strip them of their buds as I’ve not enough room for the new cut! IMG_2718IMG_2720IMG_1007IMG_2716