Lavender and more lavender
It has taken a lot of time, but I’m pleased to say today we’ve found some excellent sources for herbs that have the qualities we want for You-Snip customers. Many of the larger growers concentrate on producing plants that are strictly visually exciting. Some lavenders, for example, are incredibly beautiful in the garden and as a hedge.
But we seek varieties that are also excellent for cooking and baking, that smell wonderfully fragrant and that dry well for use in crafts such as wreathes and sachets. We expect to transplant our first eight varieties of lavender this spring in the You-Snip part of the field.
We also found several different sage varieties that will also be versatile for cooking, their unusual fragrance as well as great for crafts. Rosemary, one of my favorite herbs in the kitchen, will also be part of the You-Snip field. I’ve recently made a deliciously fragrant hair treatment using both rosemary from my garden and rosemary essential oil.
So much fun!
