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Our lavender farm has burst into lush green with all the new-growth of the lavender, and 100's of extremely gorgeous wildflowers :) Sigh...such a Splash of brilliant colors!! One of my favorite wildflowers is the Papaver nudicaule,Pink Iceland Poppy...like giant umbrellas, dancing with the other flowers in the gentle breeze :) We share our garden [...]
Happy May Day, our opening day for the season! I love the serene, peaceful feeling of our lavender farm! Our quiescent plants are beginning to show signs of new-growth, preparing for the seasons flowers. I took this photo a few days ago as the sun was setting on our lavender...Glorious beauty! We are looking forward to the [...]
Multi-Grain Herb Bread 3 cups lukewarm water 3 Tablespoons honey 3 teaspoons yeast 6 cups flour (I use 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup Buckwheat, 1/4 oatmeal or flax seed) 2 teaspoons salt 4 Tablespoons Olive oil 3 Tablespoons Hood River Lavender Spice Blend 2 cloves Garlic (chopped) *glaze: 1 egg oatmeal or seasame [...]
Happy Memorial Day!! We hope you are enjoying making special memories with you family and friends! We are OPEN and serving samples of my favorite Lavender Lemon Honey Shortbread, with a delicious home-made flavor with the addition of lavender, lemon and honey! Yummy!! Also, serving samples of our Lavender Mint Medley Tea. Drop by to [...]
I've been working steady tending our lavender farm and wild flowers, getting the yard prepped for new growth, and our opening date April 14th. Today was a perfect day to be outside, truly gorgeous with temperatures around 54 degrees! Spring has officially arrived, and it really feels like Spring! I scattered 1000's of Iceland Poppy [...]
I planted a "Warzawska Nike" Clematis on the east end of our Arbor today. Four years ago we planted a Joseph Coat Climbing Rose there, but through the years, cold temperatures, or maybe a Gopher, stunted it's growth, leaving a sparse area on the arbor. This Clematis will soon cover that end of the arbor, with lovely [...]
Our temps have been extremely cool, and wet this spring. The pear blossoms are just beginning to show a little white, almost two weeks past blossom weekend. Our lavender plants are just beginning to wake up, along with the butterfly bushes, and other shrubs around our lavender farm. We are still doing spring clean up, [...]
There is lot of work to be done around our lavender farm, preparing it for the season. Similarly the birds are starting to pair up, and are busy nesting :) I worked a few hours today at our lavender farm, with a young lady that I just hired to help out this season. I thought I'd give [...]
Our first flowers on our lavender farm..Snowdrops, signs that Spring is on its way!! I planted 100's of Iris's and daffodils in the fall, along with a few Snowdrops, along the roadside around our lavender farm, and in between raspberry plants at the front of our farm. They are showing signs of growth, [...]
