Fall blooms have popped up which means I am STILL harvesting, drying and cleaning lavender. On Saturday, went to Angie's and harvested a lot from the plants there --- I think this is the end!!! Of course, I thought the same last month and was surprised at how much more bloomed in Sept. I may have enough left over after completing my sewing for the year to sell some lavender buds by the pound. The demand for buds has been greater than the supply for the last few years. But word has spread that lavender is a great plant to grow in this area, so more and more people are doing it. . At the July Festival I talked with several people who have planted fields and/or are gathering information in order to do so in the spring. The weather is still warm here in the city so I haven't prepared my plants for winter yet. It's not a difficult task. Because of al l the huge old trees in the neighborhood, we have lots of leaves that begin falling in Sept. So I brush them away from the base of the plants so that they won't hold moisture when the snow comes. Then I replenish the base of the plants with crushed gravel or small rocks if they need it. The rock helps hold warmth at the roots. That's all there is to it. I don't have weeds at my house, but the plants over at Angie's do have weeks pop up. I didn't pull many on Saturday when I was there because there were too many crickets around and so I just cut the lavender and left. But when it gets cold I'll go over and pull the weeds and add some rocks to the base of the plants.
I made some more beautiful lavender-filled neck wraps. I'll post some photos next time.
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