It’s Spring
March 2021 – The greenup of the lavender has begun. The UPick patch looking all nice and lively as it begins coming out of dormancy and starts turning green.
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March, 2021 All winter long when you are suppose to stay home during the pandemic what better way to pass the time than SEW. Our poor Aunt—we kept her busy this winter and she was very glad we did. Thanks Didi!!!!
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February, 2021 Using old jello molds found in the old cellar. we modified our shower steamer recipe to create our new homemade lavender bath bombs.
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February 2021 – The wind fence in action. The lavender plants are also covered by a blanket of snow and the fence is blocking the frigid winds. We had two weeks of extremely cold weather.
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To protect the plants in winter from the nasty winds, we put up wind fences using pallets and frost cloth. We do not get much snow and our biggest concerns are periods of severe cold accompanied by heavy wind.
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New Eye and Neck Pillow Patterns
March 2020 – We have been sewing up a storm and buying lots of fabric with interesting patterns for our Eye and Neck Pillows, made mostly of flax seed and lavender from our farm.
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Milkweed Tiger
September 2020 – With all the flowering plants now on the farm, you never know what you are going to see on the plants. These are Milkweed Tiger larvae.
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The Dairy Floors
August 2020 – The Dairy barn floors had some interesting cracks showing the age of the old gal. What a difference more mortar mix and garage floor paint can do. It was labor intensive but whatelse can you do on the weekends in the middle of a pandemic.
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Monarchs a Plenty
August 2020 – The singular milkweed plants has now become many. We are even harvesting some of the pods this year to add more milkweed near the upick by the lake.
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Wildflowers 2020
July 2020 – The first wildflower patch is now 3 years old. The perenials are stunning to say the least. We have also added a new patch running the length of the fence row.
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