A very busy time here on the farm with intense cleaning, removing gravel and planting grass seed. Spring seems early this year little bits of green popping out, lilacs in bud. 

Summer thoughts but first I have to get through winter then find Spring.

Spring I love that time of year

waiting

for snow to melt, new growth, farm babies.

And

My mind is fresh so all the work does not seem over whelming

I wonder if my poppies have reseeded themselves?

The magic  in finding the purple poppies

My mom bought me two little green poppy plants and to my surprise they were a sweet mauve

Perfect for a lavender garden.

 

www.petitcreeklavender.com web site

www.facebook.com/petitcreeklavender.  this where I do daily updates

Locals email me for a date and time this summer to visit the lavender house

 

Happy New Year

welcome 2015

 

 

2014 was a good year but intense here on the farm it was a crazy, huge amount of work yet it was rewarding and we won.

 We lost over 800 plants but we replanted. We added fruit trees, shrubs, new grass  and decorative grasses. Planters, swings and garden seats were added. Family all pulled together and helped it really made no time for much else. It was hot, hot and hot once summer found us.

We did it we made it crazy beautiful.

 

This is more our home than a business we share it if you ask.

 

 You can FB me at

 www.facebook.com/petitcreeklaveder.

or you can email me

 judy-sue@petitcreeklavender.com

 and

you can check out our web site

www.petitcreeklavender.com

 

our lavender house is full of good things

 Great Inspiration come check us out.

 Here are some new sachets for the lavender house. They are quite a good size filled with sweet smelling lavender pretty enough to sit out and be viewed. Can also be tucked away to fill your linen closet and cup boards with a beautiful fragrance.

 Lovely lavender if you are interested in a sachet email me at judy-sue@petitcreeklavender.com

 

 

Starting to plan your garden here are some ideas for a shade herb garden it is nice to see we can grow herbs in both the sun and shade.

 

Onion Chives

Garlic Chives

Cilantro

Mint

Lemon Balm

Lovage

Parsley

Sage

The gardens have a lovely frost covering them it is so pretty.

 

 We had a bit of lavender late in the fall it is nice to see but at the same time your over it. The gardens take up so much time it is nice to get a break and catch up on something else.

If you look at this flower ~ look at how perfect it is. It is truly amazing.

 

A wonderful weekend to all of you.

Here on the farm we are gearing up for Christmas Holidays our children will be home and around. This means it will be very loud and busy and full.

We are finishing up some orders getting them out. With the quiet time in the gardens it gives me a chance to do other things. I have knitting, baking arranging Christmas presents it is nice for the most part of the year I am going non stop with the gardens and animals.

It is funny lavender is always a part of our day every day non fail several times a day I spray my bed down with a wonderful lavender mist. This is spray I can honestly say is my absolute favorite I use it every single day in our bedroom, in my closet through out our house and on me.

 

 

As our garden progressed this summer it really did turn out beautiful. The maintenance is huge very hard to keep up. I will have to think of a schedule and make myself stick to it next year granted if the weeds would quit the extra work would quit also. 

We have a huge squirrel problem we have to keep up on them all the time the door to the lavender house can not be left open or we get squirrels, chipmunks and birds and they make a terrible mess. My husband built me this awesome latch for the door I love it ~ so rustic

Every where you look in the garden their is Inspiration of fun, whimsical, flower beauty and nature in its finest. I look around and I can only smile that this is our home. Home is what we make it and I really love mine even if it is a huge amount of work and not perfect that is what makes it perfect.