What's Happening at the Farm
What the heck is a cover crop?
Soon, the olive grove at Capay Valley Lavender will come alive with brilliant green sprouts of oats, field peas, bell beans and the curly plant known as vetch. We use...
What the heck is a cover crop?
Soon, the olive grove at Capay Valley Lavender will come alive with brilliant green sprouts of oats, field peas, bell beans and the curly plant known as vetch. We use...
Months Making Plans -- That Fell Apart!
There’s a wise-woman phrase that goes “If you want God to laugh…” It’s meant as a humorous reminder about life and making plans. For example, to my way of thinking,...
Months Making Plans -- That Fell Apart!
There’s a wise-woman phrase that goes “If you want God to laugh…” It’s meant as a humorous reminder about life and making plans. For example, to my way of thinking,...
I Was Country Before Country was Cool
Remember that old song? “I was country before country was cool” – I sing it sometimes as I walk from room to room in my all-white farmhouse (pictured in my...
I Was Country Before Country was Cool
Remember that old song? “I was country before country was cool” – I sing it sometimes as I walk from room to room in my all-white farmhouse (pictured in my...
An Unexpected Pleasure and a New Friend
We were both surprised and honored this week when California Congressman Mike Thompson visited the Farm! We had more than one “small world” moment - he, too, is a lavender farmer...
An Unexpected Pleasure and a New Friend
We were both surprised and honored this week when California Congressman Mike Thompson visited the Farm! We had more than one “small world” moment - he, too, is a lavender farmer...
Now that we have oodles of oil . . .
With the harvest in our rear view mirror, we’ve begun looking ahead to bottling our freshly-distilled essential oils and blending them into our products. First, a word about bottling: “Shelf...
Now that we have oodles of oil . . .
With the harvest in our rear view mirror, we’ve begun looking ahead to bottling our freshly-distilled essential oils and blending them into our products. First, a word about bottling: “Shelf...
