What I’ve been doing

I’ve been absent from my blog for a little bit and sadly have been too tired to read as well.

I got a job at a lavender 🪻 farm here in Pennsylvania. It is seasonal though so it won’t be too long and I’ll be able to get back to my reading. My husband and I are there picking lavender and oh does it smell good

The first day we were there were given electric clippers to cut the lavender 🪻. It cuts all of the flowers including the white buds that haven’t bloomed yet.

That’s not a good idea because you want the white buds to stay on and bloom so they’re not wasted though they can use them for essential oils.

The next day we were given scissors ✂️ and told to cut each stem individually. Much more time consuming as each bush can have hundreds of stems.

I can do about 3.5 an hour . You have to sit down on each side of the bush to trim it otherwise your back and legs are killing you from all the time bent over cutting.

Funny how after working 8 hours I felt better than when I worked the 5 hours. Guess I’m getting used to it.

We also go bundling and sorting.

Sorting is where you strip the leaves off if it already hasn’t been done throw the limp flowers and any white ones that got picked into a big tub and any leaves or unattached stems get thrown on the grass as we’re working outside.

Bundling you take the long stemmed lavender 🪻 and bundle them about 20 to a bundle and rubber band them for drying.

I’m enjoying it a lot and I’m not having the aches like I was at first, our bodies are pretty adaptable to things.

Have a wonderful day.

10 Things to Make With Lavender https://share.google/yZFa4QqVGdm20cMbJ

How to Create Perfectly Infused Lavender Beverages – La Grange Lavender Co. https://share.google/02hxA6dYn07UmwVU3

How to Grow Lavender: An Expert Guide to Planting and Care https://share.google/gp8bhLek2j4tEDJBi

How to Harvest Lavender https://share.google/rITIsDBw48Q98BxmS

Have a wonderful day all. Thanks for stopping in.

Note these are first year plants so they will grow a lot more.