Welcome back! Yesterday we covered how we harvest and bundle our lavender. After its all bundles, we quickly bring it into our climate controlled lavender cottage. There we hang each bundle in equally spaced rows to dry.  Once dry, then we can box, pack, and ship all these beautiful dried bundles to you! 

Feel free to let us know if you have any additional questions about our harvest or lavender drying process. I love learning how others run their unique businesses, so we are happy to share!

Harvest week is such a hectic time here on the farm. We only have a small window of time when our lavender has bloomed perfectly to get it all cut, bundled, and hung to dry. We get a lot of requests from people to come join us on harvest day and watch or help with the process, so here's a little insiders peak for those of you with a curious mind. 

Here's what you're aiming for, beautifully bundled lavender. 

We cut all of our lavender by hand. We actually use vintage tools here and they seem to work just as well, if not better than some of our more modern tools. You grasp the lavender by the base and slice. 

Then we individually wrap each bundle with an elastic by hand. 

Its a very time and labor intensive project, but it sure is beautiful.  

After that we hang our lavender to dry which is equally as pretty, and sure smells amazing. I'll cover that in a  post for tomorrow. Have a wonderful relaxing day! 

We love our dogs here on the farm. We have had several of them over the years and all of them have been absolute sweethearts. Farm dogs seem to me to be the happiest of all the dogs. All the room they could possibly want to roam around, lots of critters to chase, and lots of hard working farmers to love you. 

We love our dogs because they make us happy, boost our immune systems, and help us get plenty of exercise. Are any of you out there dog lovers? What breeds do you have? We'd love to hear from all our fellow furry friend folks. And don't forget, we sell a great all natural lavender dog soap over at www.lavenderapple.com 

Sometimes I have no words when it comes to these beautiful purple plants. Harvest time is my favorite season here on the lavender farm, and its not hard to see why. 

Hope you all have a relaxing day! Happy Monday!