It’s been too long now since I’ve checked in…my blogger was “broken” for almost two weeks so took that time to do some fishing out on the west end of the peninsula. My daughter from Eugene, Oregon visited the farm with the mountaineering club she…
All the flowers are in full bloom at the farm at this time. The Echinacea is going crazy and some varieties of sunflowers are over 12 feet high..wow!
Yesterday found me hunkered down by the still for most of the day…We’ve been distilling the variety “Grosso” lately so the yields are quite good… Crowds of people continue to come to the farm and a lot of my time is spent answering questions about…
I returned yesterday from my place in Southern Baja…I remember now why I very seldom go down there in August; hot, humid, and wet…so VERY wet…It rained for two days and accumulated 12 inches in that time. My place was literally an island for some…
The day is finally here!…I leave for mexico tonite and will be gone a week…from what I understand, it’s incredibly hot and humid down there but I don’t care..I just need some down time and a period away from the farm…I’ve not had a day…
As the crew continues to cut lavender, all the leased barns throughout the valley are filling up with Purple Haze’s bundles…this will be the last day of helichrysum harvest, much to Kent’s delight; he has been distilling almost round the clock now for 4 days….We’ve…
Wow!…Kent McKay stayed on the still last nite till midnight cooking helichrysum…He has been SO instrumental in taking care of this oil. http://www.essentialaura.com is his website and it’s very informative. It’s really foggy here this morning so harvest of the lavender will be delayed till…
The entire crew is here this morning early, (6 am), for harvest..Kent has already gotten the still fired up and will be cranking out his first batch of helichrysum oil of the day in just a short time. Jose is harvesting more helichrysum in the…
Yesterday was so hot, (mid nineties), that i pulled the harvesting crew out of the fields as i was fearing heatstroke, sunstroke, or just plain stroke…SO searing hot and us “northerners” just arent used to it…will will start a dawn tomorrow morning and harvest helichrysum…
Jose and the crew were able to harvest ALL of the Provence yesterday and will start on the Hidcote Giant today..looks like the temps will be in the 90s as the day wears on so will have to get after it early to avoid any…
Woke to a fog free day this morning and can now see it will be the perfect day for the crew to harvest. The farm crew shows up at 6am to get ready and will start cutting as soon as the dew is off the…
The chaos continues at Purple Haze 4 days now past the annual festival….the parking lot is full from opening till closing and harvest of the flowers is in full swing…thankfully, we have beautiful weather to get the crop in as usually this time of year…
This is the first post ever done to this blog, and there will be more to come. Please stay tuned for information regarding the ongoings at the Purple Haze Lavender Farm.