Due to circumstances beyond our control the Geoffrey Castle concerts scheduled for August 23rd and 24th at our farm have been cancelled. It’s a shame because Geoff is SUCH a wonderful violinist and showman but it’s something that’s beyond our control.
Geoff Castle will play three mini concerts on both the 23rd and 24th of this month at our farm. He’ll be on stage at the south lawn and will play from noon to 1pm, 2-3pm, and 4-5pm both days. He’s got quite a following in…
We continue to harvest our crop as it becomes ready. All the barns are full and still we cut…Looks like we start distilling this week
Geoff Castle has graciously agreed to return to the farm to do a free concert on August 23rd and 24th. He’ll be on the stage at the south lawn both days at times that are not yet determined but it looks like he’ll play on…
I couldn’t resist snapping a pic of this tiny frog perched on our basil plants in our greenhouse. The photo just doesn’t do the golden coloring of this little critter justice but still it’s a cool shot.
It’s that time of year again to fire up the distiller and start making essential oil. Our new distillation plant is something to behold! It’s a propane fired boiler that generates 1.2 million btu’s and steams about 600 gallons of flowers at a time. That’s…
The staff continues to cut lavender and hang it in the many barns that we rent. All of the varieties are now in full bloom and the crowds keep coming. Yesterday was the biggest “non festival” Saturday we’ve had here and we expect today will…
Yesterday, Jim Poth and “Easy Goin Tours” visited us with about 40 folks from the NW corner of Washington State. We introduced them to Purple Haze and fed them a lavender lunch before sending them on their way. Jim has been bringing his groups here…
Without even a small break from long days working the festival this past weekend, the Purple Haze gang started harvesting lavender early monday morning and will now continue cutting and drying throughout the month. We’re so lucky to have such a dedicated, hard working crew…
Well, judging from the crowds, this Lavender Festival is bigger and better than ever; super music, great food, incredible artisan vendors, and tons of happy people. Cars were stacked up clear down the road last night still at 4pm and the music was still rocking.…
The lavender festival is about to begin! Last night all the vendors showed up and are now established around the farm. The stage is ready for all the musicians and our staff is ready for the thousands of people that will show up shortly. The…
The Purple Haze crew started harvesting yesterday, FINALLY! This cold, wet spring has delayed our harvest by at least two weeks but now the lavender is coming on like gangbusters! We started with the variety Melissa yesterday and will continue today and tomorrow or until…
One of our favorite local musical groups will be playing at our farm this weekend for the Lavender Festival. Fast Eddie and the Slow Learners play rock n roll classics and truly do “rock” the people. We look forward every year to their performance as…
Yesterday a garden touring group from the Northeast corner of Tennessee visited with Beeline Tours. They were a gracious group of folks and fun to talk with. The weather was gorgeous and it appeared that all enjoyed their time here.
An annual group that stops by the farm each summer for many years now is a womens bicycle group called Changing Gears. They’re a great group and they typically take a nice long ride early in the day, enjoy a delicious lunch on the south…
The fields are right on schedule! These past few hot days have caught the lavender plants up to almost where they should be this time of year and the fields are spectacular now. We’ve seen thousands of visitors this past weekend and today is starting…
We decided at the last minute to hold an informal open house at the vacation rental yesterday and the response was pretty impressive. Dozens of folks wandered through the house and the comments were really positive. Rosalind and I sat on the front porch and…
We’ve gotta keep the camera close during these times as lots of visitors are arriving decked out in their favorite colors.
This past week visitors have shown up at the farm in force! We’ve seen folks from across the globe this past week including many, many people from the far east including Japan, China, and India. All the States in the Union have been represented as…
Cisco Morris and Megan Black filmed their weekly tv show, “Gardening with Cisco”, at the farm yesterday. The weather was wonderful, the lavender was fragrant and all went well. The show will air on Saturday, July 19th at 10 am on KING 5 tv out…
Several varieties of lavender are now in full bloom and U pick is in full swing at the farm. The fields are beautiful as per usual but because of our long, wet, cold spring are a little later than usual.
We have just installed our new webcam in time for you to see the lavender as it comes into full bloom! This next week we should be ready for U-Pick! The fields are really developing a beautiful “purple haze”.
Mike is a Grandpa! Purple Haze Lavender has a new addition to its family….Ashton Isabella Reichner joined us this past week and we are thrilled to have our own “lavender baby”. Pictured are Mike’s son (proud daddy) and daughter-in-law (pretty mommy) with their precious new…