Our New Life in the Country: Luscious Lavender

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Luscious Lavender

The Lavender is looking very good this year. After the heavy showers of yesterday the plants are fresh and green and there is the promise of flowers very soon on virtually every stem.

Over the Winter I lost two plants, but the rest are fresh with lots of new growth and about to do their stuff.

Today we are off to Tetsworth Farmers Market, yes that's right, the one that closed down a few months ago. When asked in a questionnaire what they wanted in the village lots of folk said they wanted a Farmers Market!! Well they used to have one, but we closed down due to lack of local support. So a crowd of us have got together (mostly the Great Haseley Farmers Market bunch) and decided to give it another shot.

We'll see how it goes. I'll try and get some pictures, if I'm not rushed off my feet!!

Have a lovely day.

Sue xx

6 comments:

Susan T15 May 2011 at 08:39
Aother of my favourite smells - lovely lavender.

Good for you with the farmers market, I wish you well.
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Susan T15 May 2011 at 08:40
PS

Sorry about the typo my N is sticking!!
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Anonymous15 May 2011 at 13:24
I love lavender, sadly I lot my biggest bush over the winter in all that snow. I'm planning on replanting the area with more though ... :0)
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Anonymous15 May 2011 at 13:25
Oops, that should say "lost" not "lot"
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Helen15 May 2011 at 17:45
It has been a long time since you sent the Lavender goodies to my little city ... I spray the pretty hanging container with lavender cologne now. It still hangs in my closet. I think of you every time I 'refresh' it.
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Shaheen15 May 2011 at 18:55
I'm due to be leaving Scotland some time this year and I don't know if I'll be taking my lavender bush with me, it a wonderful herb to grow - not just for smell but for culinary purposes too. So we'll see.

Wishing you well with the farmers market.
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

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It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

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