Lavender News
| Planning your wedding Flowers? | 3/2/2013 |
Have you thought about Fresh, Purple, Welsh Grown Lavender for your tables and Wedding Favours? |
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| 2013 kicks off to a Beautiful Start | 3/2/2013 |
we are now in our 4th year with so much to look forward too. |
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| My wonderful WWOOFers | 8/9/2012 |
A huge thank you to all the WWOOFers who helped with this years harvest. |
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| What a Wet Summer | 17/8/2012 |
Despite one of the most awfull summers on record, we did manage to harvest most of our lavender. |
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| Welsh Country Fair A Success | 7/7/2012 |
Despite the wind and rain we had an enjoyable time at Fonmon Castle.Cardiff |
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| Come & see us this weekend 30th June / 1st July at the Welsh Country Fair, Fonmon Castle | 27/6/2012 |
....But we cant bring Bryn the dog though! |
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| April 2012 update | 29/4/2012 |
Spring 2012 and we start by mowing,weeding and checking the plants. |
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| lavender Fudge | 22/2/2012 |
I have just started making lavender fudge and it's delicious. |
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| Lavender and the dreaded clothes moth! | 8/2/2012 |
It was inveterated on the BBC "One Show" this week that the dreaded clothes moth doesnt like lavender |
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| Decorative Lavender Wreaths | 12/1/2012 |
Another of our customers Julie Davies makes these stunning wreaths using our "Imperial Gem" & "Grosso" lavender. |
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| Lavender Wands | 30/12/2011 |
Happy New Year to all our customers |
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| Our lavender in Myddfai Hall shop | 9/10/2011 | ||||
October sunshine brings on a second crop of flowers
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9/10/2011 |
The Indian summer forces a second crop of flowers, but we had to trim off for winter preparations. | |||
| Our 2011 lavender Harvest now drying in the barn | 7/8/2011 |
What an incredibly busy few weeks we have had, all the lavender is now cut and drying in our barn. |
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| A weekend full of sunshine, lavender & family | 5/7/2011 |
With the help of family & friends, we were able to get a good lot of lavender into the barn, to meet our first lot of orders.![]() |
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| And we are off ! | 29/6/2011 |
The start of our 2011 harvest, the sun is shining and the lavender is growing by the day. ![]() |
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| Our June Update | 8/6/2011 |
Royal Purple plants look set for harvesting in the next couple of weeks ![]() |
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| Myddfai Festival a success | 22/5/2011 |
Our stand at the Myddfai was a success ![]() |
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| Wye lavender at the Myddfai Festival | 16/5/2011 |
Wye Lavender will be promoting their Welsh grown Lavender at the Myddfai Festival this Saturday 21st May. Come and meet us in this enchanting village renowned for it medicinal herbs.![]() |
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| 2011 and the lavender is looking promising | 26/2/2011 |
After another hard winter our lavender is set to grow some more.
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| From Frost to Snow. | 27/11/2010 |
It looks as if we are in for another hard winter.
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| Getting ready for winter 2010/11 | 17/11/2010 |
The Lavender beds are settling into another predicted cold winter.![]() |
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| Lavender Short Biscuits | 30/9/2010 |
Lavender Short Biscuits made by Wye Cook from "Grosso" flower heads.![]() |
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| Wye Lavender of Rhayader, dried bunches | 8/9/2010 |
Grosso lavender bunches are now on sale in the Wild Swan wholefoods shop, Rhayader. ![]() |
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| Bunches Ready For Sale | 9/8/2010 |
Bunches ready for sale, even Bryn our dog looks peaceful by them! |
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| Our First Successful Cut | 8/8/2010 |
Our first successful cut from the "Grosso" and "Imperial Gem" plants we had planted last year... |
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| A Wonderful Team! | 25/4/2010 |
A wonderful team of family and friends came to help... |
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| 2,600 Plugs Arrive! | 1/4/2010 |
Early April and our 2,600 plugs arrive... |
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| The Preparations Began in Earnest | 1/3/2010 |
In March this year 2010 we could see the plants had survived and had established themselves well... |
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| One of the Worst Winters | 1/1/2010 |
Enduring one of the worst winters in many years we were very concerned our young plants would not survive... |
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| Beginning of Our Lavender Field | 1/10/2009 |
All these pictures relate to the very beginning of our lavender field... |
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Have you thought about Fresh, Purple, Welsh Grown Lavender for your tables and Wedding Favours?
we are now in our 4th year with so much to look forward too.
A huge thank you to all the WWOOFers who helped with this years harvest.
Despite one of the most awfull summers on record, we did manage to harvest most of our lavender.
Despite the wind and rain we had an enjoyable time at Fonmon Castle.Cardiff
....But we cant bring Bryn the dog though!
Spring 2012 and we start by mowing,weeding and checking the plants.
I have just started making lavender fudge and it's delicious.
It was inveterated on the BBC "One Show" this week that the dreaded clothes moth doesnt like lavender
Another of our customers Julie Davies makes these stunning wreaths using our "Imperial Gem" & "Grosso" lavender.
Happy New Year to all our customers
The Indian summer forces a second crop of flowers, but we had to trim off for winter preparations.





After another hard winter our lavender is set to grow some more.

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Bunches ready for sale, even Bryn our dog looks peaceful by them!
Our first successful cut from the "Grosso" and "Imperial Gem" plants we had planted last year...
A wonderful team of family and friends came to help...
Early April and our 2,600 plugs arrive...
In March this year 2010 we could see the plants had survived and had established themselves well...
Enduring one of the worst winters in many years we were very concerned our young plants would not survive...
All these pictures relate to the very beginning of our lavender field...