When the sun finally comes out at this time of the winter season, my mind jumps ahead to glorious sun-filled days and my next lavender harvest. Inhale deeply, exhale ~ relax…..
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Lavandula angustifolia ~ Lavender
The buds on the 2016 Lavender are plumping up and a few are flowering. Bees are starting to buzz in the Lavender streams and the aroma is heavenly…here is a little peek at what will be part of the 2016 Harvest:
Last Lavender Bundle
It’s stinking hot today. Almost 30 degrees ~no clouds ~no breeze and I just picked the last bundle of lavender for the 2015 harvest!
Because of the heat I’m rather glad it’s over…however there is a feeling of sadness with that last cut. Even though it is incredibly hard hand labour work there is nothing (for me) sweeter than cutting this glorious herb!
The last 49 bundles are laying on a drying rack waiting for me to hang them on the drying line…here they are with the “tools of my trade” ~ a sun hat, cutting shears and rubber bands~ put down for the season.
Last Lavender bundle of 2015 picked July 27 2015
I will, (very soon!) post the final tally of the 2015 Harvest. If you want to get in on the contest and guess the total number of bundles in the 2015 Harvest head on over to Lavender Hill Hippie on Facebook and find the contest post and make a comment on the contest posting with your guess! The person to comment closest to the final tally wins a bar of Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender Soap and a Lavender Sachet.
Jars of sunshine
Marmalade
Here’s the little story behind Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender Marmalade:
The Original Lavender Marmalade Recipe was gifted to Lavender Hill Hippie in Spring 2015 by the original owners/builders of Lavender Hill. At that time they made and sold Lavender Marmalade through their business “Lavender Hill Organics”.
Today Lavender Hill Hippie is honoured to carry on the lavender marmalade tradition using Lavandula Angustifolia harvested from the same Lavender plants growing on the same land as the original.
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.
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! 
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