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To keep the dried lavender fresh, store it in cool, dark places in airtight glass jars or opaque containers. Add desiccant packs to absorb moisture. Refrigerate or freeze for storage over 2 years.
When choosing lavender, consider your growing zone, climate, garden conditions, sunlight, growth habits, bloom colours, uses, and disease resistance to select optimal varieties.
To dry lavender, hang flower bundles or spread them on screens in a warm, dark, well-ventilated area. Drying takes 1-2 weeks until crisp. For faster drying, use the oven at the lowest temperature with the door propped open.
A guide to help you make extra special Handmade Lavender Gifts like sachets, soaps, candles, potpourri, ornaments, arrangements, incense, and gift baskets.
Follow this guide on How to Use Lavender Every Day and discover how lavender can be a part of your daily rituals with morning teas and baths and much more
Learn how to cook with Lavender and add sweet floral flavour to baked goods, drinks, jams, and savoury dishes. Use it sparingly as dried buds or infused oil.
A guide to explain how to use lavender for better sleep: The relaxing scent of lavender promote better sleep, relaxation through teas, pillows, essential oils,
A complete Guide on How to harvest lavender and then dry it to use, cut flower stalks, leaving 2-4 inches below the flowers. Gather into small bundles.and Hang
Lavender thrives with full sunlight, well-draining soil, infrequent watering, and pruning. Choose varieties suited for your climate. Plant in spring, harvest when blooming, and protect plants in winter.
With over 400 types, some of the most popular lavender varieties include English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Lavandin, Stoechas, and Wooly. Each has different growing habits, best uses, and aroma profiles.
Lavender has over 2,500 years of history spanning the Mediterranean, Europe, and Asia. Used since ancient times for perfumes, mummification, and therapeutics, lavender gained popularity in the Middle Ages. Spreading to Europe and the New World, lavender became valued for cooking, beauty, and medicinal purposes.
I’m Tracy, the creator and owner of the Lavender Boat. I live in a small Yorkshire town in England.
Surrounded by gardens and close by fields where the scent of lavender fills the air.
