I began the lavender harvest.
Each year I have a blessing ritual.
I always leave a few blooms for the butterflies.
A pair of Spring Azures nectered in the Chinese Lilac
while I harvested the lavender that grows underneath.
June is lavender month.
Oh Lavender - one of the loveliest scents I think. Happy harvesting Q!
ReplyDeleteI have tried for years to grow lavender. This spring a small area survived the winter but died a few weeks after it began leafing out. It is so lovely but just hates our clay soil and cold, rainy springs.
ReplyDeleteMarnie
Sherry, what a beautiful tradition. These photos are so great that I can almost smell the lavender! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these; and sorry that I haven't been around much lately.
Love, Vikki.
It is so fragrant and instantly recognisable. I don't have enough to harvest so I'll leave mine to the butterflies!
ReplyDeleteDear Sherry....
ReplyDeletePoppi Riley and I love lavender. To be amongst the precious flowers, the fragrance drifting in the air as you cut the blooms.
I hang lavender to dry in my inglenook.....it scents the whole house.......is there anything more delightful.
Happy June my friend......
AAaaahhhh...Lavender...I love it!
ReplyDeleteWell, hey Sherry! Somehow you fell off my bloglines list. Thanks for stopping by today and making me realize you were not coming up in the list of... cough... 70+ blogs on there. :c) Beautiful lavender!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder I need to be checking mine soon. It is starting to bloom, and I like to catch it just as it is opening.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos!
I wasn't sure exactly when to harvest it. Last year I waited until close to the end of summer.
ReplyDeleteThree out of the four I planted are doing great, so I'll soon be harvesting more lavender too. I love the smell of it!
Sherry, my Lavender is thriving so well! Tiny plants last year - enormous this year. And, I planted even more. The bumbles love it.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your photos. Lovely!
Mary
Mmm...lavender is my favorit scent!
ReplyDeleteIs it difficult to grow? And, do you think my deer would harvest it before I could? Love the shots!
Hey Sherry, I think I can smell the lavender wands all stacked up in the closets and everywhere else. Yummm
ReplyDeleteHarvesting already? How nice. I too love the smell of lavender. I actually had a lavender plant survive the winter indoors in a pot this year. Some herbs just die when I bring them in, but this lavender is alive and well!
ReplyDeleteI like that - a blessing ritual for your lavender harvest.
How lovely!