3/2018 – Recently our farm attended the annual Great Lakes Lavender Growers conference in Lansing, Michigan. Over 60 members from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin attended this conference with the focus this year on marketing. What a great way to meet other growers and learn from their experiences. If you would like to find […]
Learn More3/2018 – The wildflower seeds have arrived. In several locations around the farm, we are adding sunflowers, cosmos, black-eyed susans, coreopsis as well as 23 other varieties of annuals and perennials. The bees will enjoy these flowers. Lets hope the deer do not.
Learn More2/28/2018 – Recently we attended the beginning beekeepers class held by the St. Clair Beekeepers club at the Madison County Farm Bureau. We have ordered 2 hives and 2 nucs to start our beekeeping. I think they will enjoy all the lavender to feed on.
Learn More2/10/2018 – Follow the trail of Lavender for Tenderloin Farms on Instagram…tenderloinfarms. As our new enterprise continues to grow follow us. We are still growing corn and beans but watch how we add Lavender to our rolling hills. Bees and wildflowers in the plans for spring 2018. Want to take your wedding photo in our lavender, […]
Learn MoreAn all Lavender Gift Bag is available at Stix & Stones Interiors. The gift bag includes a dried Lavender Bundle, a lavender sachet, a lavender bath melt and shower steamer. Give the gift of lavender to someone you care for this Valentine’s Day. $35
Learn MoreUsing our lavender and working with various recipes, we now offer Lavender Bath Melts and Shower Steamers. The bath melts have a shea and cocoa butter base. Drop them into a bath and your skin will enjoy. The shower steamers produce a gentle lavender aroma as they dissolve. Place them at the back of your shower on the floor but […]
Learn MoreRecently Barrel Beard and Tattoo stopped in to take some promotional pics with our dried lavender to feature their new product. Barrel Beard and Tattoo uses some of our lavender in their products. See them at https://barrelbeardandtattoo.com/.
Learn MoreThe fresh lavender is done until the end of May 2018. But the farm has dried lavender bundles of Hidcote and Grosso. The Hidcote keeps a lot of its deep purple color and can be used in arrangements or wreaths. If you crush the buds you will still find oil and release the lavender smell […]
Learn More10/30/2017 As of the first weeks of October, our lavender is all pruned. The idea behind pruning is to stop the plant concentrating on producing buds and growing deeper roots. And as we found out last year, it is not the winter to be worried about but the crazy wet spring and the temps bouncing […]
Learn More10-9-2017 We visited Island Lavender, another new farm in the county. Most of their lavender comes from the farm on Washington Island but they are starting to grow their own plants. A huge shop of products from many places. And I would have thought Wisconsin too cold for lavender…was I wrong.
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