Comments on: to make: lavender experiment http://www.notmartha.org Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:57:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lynne http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/lavender/comment-page-1/#comment-440560 Lynne Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:19:10 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-lavender-experiment/#comment-440560 Thanks for the photos. It will help me to attend to the lavender cutting before the flowers have to be swept from the path. I like to wrap the bunches of stems with cord or fine ribbon, taking the end under the wrapping after three firm turns. If you leave this long enough you can make a loop at the other end of the wrapping, tying both ends together. They look lovely hung onto hooks along the beams and there they dry and scent the house too. There is a healing, timeless element to doing this and you still have the flowers to use later. Thanks for the photos. It will help me to attend to the lavender cutting before the flowers have to be swept from the path.

I like to wrap the bunches of stems with cord or fine ribbon, taking the end under the wrapping after three firm turns. If you leave this long enough you can make a loop at the other end of the wrapping, tying both ends together.

They look lovely hung onto hooks along the beams and there they dry and scent the house too. There is a healing, timeless element to doing this and you still have the flowers to use later.

]]> By: Susan Forester http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/lavender/comment-page-1/#comment-439510 Susan Forester Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:56:15 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-lavender-experiment/#comment-439510 I am cutting lavender now, it is the middle of August. I fear I am too late. There doesn't appear to be much fragrance from the stems and heads. I am cutting lavender now, it is the middle of August. I fear I am too late. There doesn't appear to be much fragrance from the stems and heads.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/lavender/comment-page-1/#comment-431290 Sharon Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:27:46 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-lavender-experiment/#comment-431290 Thank you so much for the info...my first year at harvesting....not sure if I got it at peak...but am told here in Ohio...about the 3rd week of June is the best time. The pictures were so help ful....trust it will be on the net next year so I can compare my flowers. Thanks again...Sharon Thank you so much for the info...my first year at harvesting....not sure if I got it at peak...but am told here in Ohio...about the 3rd week of June is the best time. The pictures were so help ful....trust it will be on the net next year so I can compare my flowers. Thanks again...Sharon

]]> By: Ann Sillman http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/lavender/comment-page-1/#comment-428883 Ann Sillman Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:10:08 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-lavender-experiment/#comment-428883 Thank you for the information and pictures, also the many comments, very helpfull. I think I am in just the correct time to cut my purple lavender and hand it to dry. Ann Thank you for the information and pictures, also the many comments, very helpfull. I think I am in just the correct time to cut my purple lavender and hand it to dry.
Ann

]]> By: Lynda http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/lavender/comment-page-1/#comment-428668 Lynda Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:26:57 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-lavender-experiment/#comment-428668 Thanks so much for this info. I am in the midst of harvesting mine now and am so happy to have a pictorial guide to harvesting. Thanks again. Thanks so much for this info. I am in the midst of harvesting mine now and am so happy to have a pictorial guide to harvesting. Thanks again.

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