Lavender
We are a lavender farm so of course we love to talk about our beautiful lavender plants and the amazing products we make with them.
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3 Ways to Make Garden Fresh Crepes
Crepes are so versatile you can make them sweet or savory. Today we made crepes 3 ways with garden fresh ingredients. These fresh crepes are filled with fresh garden ingredients: Strawberries, Lemons, Blueberries, Arugula, Tomatoes, & Red Onion. Surprising elegant flavors fill these garden fresh crepes. When I lived in Costa Rica I became obsessed with making crepes. Which is weird because it’s not a Central American dish, I made them all the time because I always had the ingredients. Every morning vendors would pass by our apartment calling out their wares, and fresh eggs were always on the menu. I experimented with different ingredient to fill the delicate, thin…
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Most Requested Whipped Body Butter Recipe
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How to make a 3 Ingredient Clay Mask
I didn’t realize how very easy it was to make a clay mask or I would have done it sooner in my life! I have been paying up to $40 dollars for a tub of clay mask. Then I started making my homemade bath and body products and realized that I can make a clay mask mixture for pennies! The huge plus is that I know exactly what is in the mask and you don’t need a preservative because you can keep it in dry form and just mix as needed. This is such a simple clay mask recipe. I mean 3 ingredients simple. Clay, in powder form; good oil…
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Discover these Simple Lavender Bath Bombs for Lucious Relaxation
Soothing physically and mentally are these lavender bath bombs. Made with home grown lavender buds and essential oil. We love them and they’re fun to make. Ingredients The recipe for bath bombs is super simple. All you need is two parts baking soda to one part citric acid, a little bit of good oil such as jojoba or sweet almond oil, fragrance (I like to use essential oils) and a little bit of water in a spray bottle. I let my 3 year old help out with the part of mixing the ingredients because she thinks it’s fun to mix things and make messes. Perfect combination. Process Mix the dry…
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Whipped Sugar Scrub Recipe
In the winter months I like to test out different recipes for bath and body products. One of our most popular products this time of year is our whipped sugar scrub. It makes your skin silky smooth and helps get rid of winter callouses. Over the years we’ve tested so many different sugar scrubs and this one is our favorites. You will thank me for it once you’ve discovered the miracle that is avocado butter!! Ingredients I personally do not like the smell of Shea butter. In fact it’s kind of gaggy. So I looked into different options and stumbled upon avocado butter. This stud is amazing! I could use…
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The Best How To Guide To Propagate Lavender From Cuttings
The most amazing this about plants is that you can take a cutting of them and propagate it to a new little plant with the same DNA as the plant you cut it from. To propagate lavender you only need 3 things, soil, rooting hormone, and a cutting of lavender. True to Variety The only way that you can know what type of lavender you are planting is by taking a cutting from a known variety of the plant. You can plant lavender from seed but then you get all different unknown varieties. This doesn’t work if you are selling your lavender and need to know its properties either for…
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How to Make a Lavender Wreath
Everyone should grow lavender somewhere in their garden. It is naturally deer resistant, pests don’t bother it, it’s drought tolerant and it is such a versatile plant. Today we will be showing you how to make your own lavender wreath from your own homegrown lavender. If you don’t have wheat or would like to substitute it with another plant like eucalyptus then that is great. Just make sure the plant you use is properly dried. This lavender & Fall wheat wreath is so easy to make you only need four things to recreate this beautiful wreath. It turned out beautiful and was made just in time for my pre-fall home…
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How to Relieve Anxiety with Gardening
Do you suffer from anxiety or depression? Have you gotten the help you need from the doctor but sometimes just feel meh? Here is a list of ways that gardening can help relieve some of the symptoms of depression and anxiety.
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How to Make The Absolute Best Lavender Creme Brûlée
Creme Brûlée is a delicious creamy, rich pudding topped with torched sugar. It is one of those desserts that seems like something you only get from a fancy restaurant but it is one you can make at home easily. Creme Brûlée is my FAVORITE dessert. It is sweet, creamy and decadent, what more could you want?! Lavender I have a favorite Carmel Creme Brûlée that I always use when making decadent desserts but this time I decided to change it just a little. I have been adding culinary lavender to so many recipes lately to varied results of delicious or just ok. Of course I had to try it in…
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How to Harvest Your Lavender From Your Garden
Lavender is an amazingly versatile plant that every gardener needs in their plot. It is medicinal, edible, fragrant and, beautiful. You can do so many things with your lavender. Just look around on our website to see all the many lavender projects and recipes that you can do. It’s already the first part of July and as always time is flying by. We just did our first lavender harvest of the year and we’re so excited to share it with you. The smell of fresh cut lavender is one of the best. I love this time of the year. Lavender This years harvest is from our 2 and 3 years…
