Lavender Fields Forever

How lovely Sticki, it must have been wonderful perfume there.

Amazing Sticki! I can actually smell the lavender, mmm.

Some of the farmers here in Ontario are switching over to lavender. They used to farm tobacco. Can't wait to visit one.

It was cinderella and the hum of bees, if you rubbed the lavender between your fingers it was really strong.

I think lavender scores over tobacco for me lil !!!

Lovely blog Sticki! Doesn't it look just like somewhere in deepest France! Oh! Or a Van Gogh painting! I can almost smell the lavender...it's really lovely, you're great for remembering to take your camera with you, and the blues and purples look great to me!

Hardee har har Sticki. You are obviously not a smoker but I do have to agree with you :)

Wasted journey without the camera to me Libet! No, lil, never smoked, I like the lavender cos it has so many different uses as well as looking so good!
Actually it was past it's best by the time we got there as you can probably see - next year I'm going in June!

That's just lovely, Sticki. Will the Lavender be harvested soon? I seem to remember it's done in August time . . . . .

It may usually be August but this year they started 22nd July!

Not surprised ... it's been such a dry Summer so I guess their timing is right! . :o))

wow lovely colours, just as well there isnt a red variety there ; )

Very true stevie! Some on the butterfly and ladybird tho!

Sticki, why am I not surprise it ended in a teashop?

Love the lavender, I have about fifty seedlings at the moment. don't know where they are all going to go.

Hmmmmm, I have no idea at all Grannyb! Actually I think we started there!! I didn't want to miss it!

You could edge all your flower beds with lavender??!!

Great blog sticki...smashing pictures!
I like lavender but I always make a pig's ear of trimming it and it looks awful after 2 years.
I have noticed I have a few wee seedling growing away in the front garden so am going to leave them well alone and try them in pots when they get a bit bigger.
Have never tasted lavender, I should looking this :)

Hi Sticki T.
Beginning to think we were separated at birth. Firstly, I read your blog about the water feature. OH promised me one for a 'Big Birthday' some 14 YEARS AGO, so yesterday, having planted a perennial pea in a defunct metal compost bin, I decided to make a bird bath/water feature out of the lid.First, however, I made A BIG MESS by excavating a circular hole, then hosing the lid clean and pouring the water away into the hole. Except. there was no 'away' about it, as the hole retained all the water for several hours, despite channel dug by OH on coming to the rescue. Like you, I too decided to edge the 'water feature' with stones but ran out after three and had to improvise with coconut shells,which, in a previous life, had been bird-feeders. Came in a bit deflated, but have to say that this morning it is not looking too bad albeit still lacking a few stones.
Then to the lavender fields; the colour, the fragrance, the tea shop! Just like you, if there was any danger of missing it, it would be the first port of call.
Seriously, Sticki, I'm born under the sign of Gemini; are you my missing twin?

just a few dried bits crushed and put into shortbread is nice!
thanks for your nice comments.
you should see the mess the machine leaves the rows in after it has harvested it!

Oh what a sight to behold.......wonderful I just love the plant.Thanks for that.

i hope your water feature works out tuesday! you can get stones and shells in hobbycraft nowadays if thats any help!
sorry, im not a gemini!

you're welcome DD!

I love lavender, my favorite plant, I have several big ones growing in my garden.. just love the smell of them when I go by.

Beautiful! Love purple & the sent of lavender and to see it growing like that is awesome. Thanks for the pics.

Superb pics as ever Sticki . . . beautiful against the blue sky! Thanks for sharing your visit - I was going to ask the best time to see these fields, but I think you thought June? They seem to have a good long flowering period. :))

How wonderful. I should be smelling the air being just over the hill so to speak! Fantastic to see your photos! Thx. Are they open only on certain days?

Great blog and photos.

Many thanks Rogi, Angie, Sheila, Lulu and Frybo ~

it cant be far from you lulu ~ its lovely round there ~ they are open till the end of august it says on the web site, i fancy going back ~ the lavender will be cut but there were sunflowers at the top of the hill!!

I think end of June for the best Sheila ~ i shall try to remember and remind you next year.

here is the web site page for the opening times:
http://www.snowshill-lavender.co.uk/cm/snowshill/openingtimes

That looks amazing lovely blog:)

thanks nana d ~ its worth a visit if you are up this way.

I read about this Nursery/business - I really must twist OH's arm and go there next year. Thanks for the visit - it looks wonderful. :-)

Gorgeous photo`s Sticki and I swear I can smell that perfume, I absolutely love lavender, reminds me of my nanna and my mum, both always had lavender in the bottom of their wardrobes and drawers......

their web site is quite good at telling you about dates ~ for example this year the harvest was late so they put that up on the web site and said which day they would start.

i hope you get there and enjoy your time ~ Snowshill Manor [which belongs to the National Trust] is very nearby.

Beautiful. I imagine the number of bees. Probably in there millions. Do they have bee Hives?

thats a thought coshad ~ i didnt see any but masses of bees as you rightly imagine.

Thx Sticki. When/if you go, maybe I can come too. I promise to be good!

Did you visit Snowshill Manor? It's an amazing place, isn't it! I didn't realise that the lavender fields were near it. That would make a fantastic day out, to visit both. :-))

Thats what i was thinking Spritz ~ make your journey more worth while.
I have been but a long time ago ~ we didnt go this time, sorry.

Im sure you would be good lulu ~ dont let me forget ~ next June!!!

wow wow wow .............. fantastic !!! love it .... luki you ;0)))

What a great blog. Really scrumptious. I actually live in Gloustershire and have never visited Snowshill. Shame on me, but it is now on my list for next year as a definite 'must do'. Also great photos. Must tell my grandson about them as he is a photographer.

yes, very lucky to have this about 45 minutes away by car? its part of the cotswolds ~ best to have good weather i think.

thank you Bredakelly and welcome to GoY!!
the lavender fields dont belong to Snowshill but are very close i think. I used to live 2 miles from Woburn Abbey but Ive never been in it!!
Clever grandson, that must be lovely.

Great wildlife pics Sticki as well as the lavender..but I do LOVE the pic of the sky..fabulous!
Pity you live so far away Tuesdaybear, we have a load of cotswold stone going begging!

just seems to lie around doesnt it tet but i dont think we can just pick it up!!!
unfortunately for me i missed the field of poppies which were in full bloom a couple of weeks before just near the lavender.

If you mean the stone Sticki, its the last of what we edged our flowerbeds with. Since replaced it with neat edging so the stone is stacked up in our dustbin area. We cant seem to give it away! Ken is resorting to putting a stone a week into the dustbin.

ah i see, sorry, i thought you meant lying around the countryside.
cant you sell it on ebay?

How absolutely lovely, what a wonderful place to visit. Great pics Sticki, I felt that I was there.

oh, thank you ginellie, you are welcome

Throughly enjoyed your blog what beautiful photos and well captured with the little critters lovely blog.

Very interesting and brilliant pics.

oh thats kind ~ thank you sixpence and heron. as i mentioned i went a little too late, i know that when we went two years ago the colours were more vibrant and the lavender more luxuriant?

Beautiful! Love lavender, never tried lavender shortbread, will have to give that a go! :-)

i made the recipe up red, use a shortbread recipe that you have already got i expect and then add a few crushed lavender flowers/seeds.

Smashing blog Stiki with wonderful photos - thanks for sharing. :-))

Heavenly! and Thanks fo the Daily Recod article..that meadow is fantastic! Should be more like it ..then we would be in paradise! :)

you're very welcome muddy and pixi, nice to share isn't it!?

Yes it is! ::=)

:-)

The lavender meadow is fabulously beautiful Sticki.Some pictures are like professional shots.Thanks for sharing.

you are very kind camilia! glad you liked the pictures

A very lovely blog and photos to cheer me up on this horrible day in the northwest,where its very wet with a blustery wind, so sorry i mist it before, but it as made me feel better reading it today :)

Great lavendar blog Stickitoffee envious of your fields.

When we were on holiday in Canada we had lavender icecream and it was so moorish.

How lovely and so much more fragant then cauliflowers that we have here!

Thank you clarice, scotkat and sandy, it's very nice to have these lovely fields so near, sandy - I love cauliflower but I see what you mean!

What a beautiful sight, and it must surely be a pleasurable way to earn a living. Must mark it down for a visit next year Sticki.

yes definitely worth it stroller ~ not so far for you? i suggest end of june ~ can you remind me please?

As I am well behind, have just found this, Sticki - Wonderful blogpost to discover in November. Cheered me up no end! Like comments above, can really smell it, too, and not a "beatle" close-up pic, either, to go with the butterfly and ladybird ones, lol. Love it!!!!!

oh thank you david, actually i had forgotten about this so its a nice reminder for me too!!
i should have looked for a beatle/beetle to put in shouldnt i!!

You did well enough to spot the butterfly and ladybird, Sticki. Deliberately seeking out a beetle in there would have been like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack - and you would have missed out on the gastronomic delights in the process.

well thats probably true david, i like beetles but its also nice to sit back and enjoy the view ~ and the scent in this case!!!