The farm is slowing down.

Winter is creeping in closer

 

It was a good season

So

much

Planting so many new shrubs, new trees, new sitting area, two new gardens.

 

 The gardens sit in all their rustic glory

 

Angels

Glorious Angels

 all over the gardens

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Romantic

 Rustic

Arches

 

We have added so much now I should be able to let it grow and I really think other than a few annuals that one adds in the Spring and Summer the gardens are full.

Imagine over the next few years as it fills and grows.

 

I have plans for a few more new products make some products we are short in. This morning I am on my third day of candle making.

 Some fun scents and some great colours.

 

Next will be soap.

 I would like to do that later today or tomorrow.

Enjoy your weekend

Summer has come and gone.
 It was a wild and busy one. So much was accomplished and at the same time we got behind in other things.
The lavender grew well and I add many new roses, shrubs, trees and flowers we added little fish ponds, fairy gardens and grapes. Right now it is all small but I can dream it, imagine down the road how beautiful it will all be.
I added many new things like the Summer solstice outside garden room, the new pixie grapes, grapes along the fence line of the gardens.

 Our new project is a new garden to the left of the lavender house where we housed the ram.

 

How I will finish it I am not sure. I am thinking of having a roof on half of it and the back half a wall to set up an antique bar for tea and coffee

This area has one fence side all planted with trees that should grow up to make a nice screen and a couple of roses along the back and an open area for Yoga if a group would like to use it.

We have four inch lavender plants for sale Hidecote - zone four for four dollars
anyone local email me at judy-sue@petitcreeklavender.com

Life on the farm can be pretty incredible it is hard work, never ending work. You finish one job and another waits or the same job needs to be done a few hours later. In spite of the hard work it is very rewarding everything you do is for you, for your family for your future and for your moment.

We live on forty acres not too big and it is about twenty miles out of town. If I want to build a fence I can, If I want to put in a garden I can, If I want grapes cute little pixie grapes I can.

It is not Provence, it is not Italy, it is not Paris, it is not Maui, It is not England, it is not Germany, it is not the Swiss Alps, it is not Austria it is all of them all of them in my heart from my travels. I cannot nor do I want to live in all those wonderful places so I brought them home to me ~ I brought them home in my heart.

This is my home, my farm who I share with my family and My Mom and Dad

 

Petit Creek Lavender is the heart of many we have Grapes ~ green grapes, purple grapes and pixie grapes, we have Lavender eight varieties, we have Olives (we cannot eat them be can have the tree) we have Lemon, orange and lime trees, we have berries ~ raspberries, blueberries, strawberries.

 We have wonderful old Moss here on the farm, we are rustic, unique, whimsical we have heart, we have fun, we dream and we are Inspired. We call Petit Creek Lavender Home.

http://www.petitcreeklavender.com

In the Gardens

A wonderful day  here on the farm my days have been so busy they are a bit of a blur. We are blooming with most of the lavender some is ready to harvest others are a few steps behind. It is really pretty. I have been concentrating on the main lavender garden by the lavender house that is one you will see when you visit. The other gardens are off around on the property. I figure it is better to keep one set for visiting and keep the rest of the farm as our home.

 

The weather has been really warm. So everything is growing well soon as the heat continues the gardens will be pulled down a bit

 

We are taking times if you want to visit

email me at judy-sue@petitcreeklavender.com

soon the harvest is all over until next year

 

Last evening I used the time outside to work on the garden room. My youngest son and I hung the Sun and Moons on the wall a perfect Solstice evening.

We built an Arch out of cedar (okay one side is crooked but if you could see what we have to work with) vines planted, roses added and fence post dug in for the grapes. We just need to add the wire to help string the vines up.

 As soon as you walk into the garden as sense of Peace comes over you ~ maybe one day you will visit and feel Peace.

 I hope your day is full of blessings please take time to enjoy Mother Earth on this summer solstice, aboriginal day and first day of summer. 

 

 Summer Solstice

 

 

 First Day of Summer

 

 

Peace

The lavender is closer to flowering within a few weeks the gardens will begin to show purple. It is starting slowly everyday a bit more a little like magic. The gardens are starting to show colour starting to burst with pride.

 Today I have been harvesting roses beautiful, silky rose petals and today's harvest is to go into jelly sweet, decadent rose jelly.

The chamomile is also ready to harvest the sweet, relaxing chamomile. It never fails to amaze me how much the gardens have to offer.

The lilacs nearing their finish I have a cauldron full of sweet lilac water waiting to be made into lilac jelly.

Off to harvest on this wonderful day

Hard to believe it is June first I can not believe how fast the months are going by.

 The gardens are doing well and in spite of our not so great weather the lavender is starting to show little bits of purple.

 My main goal the last month has been finishing up the new garden it has been a battle this was my last chance to fix it or take it out.

 I have nearly all the row planted then it will be weeding and babying the plants.

 I am sure I will loose some but cross your fingers they take.