Three years ago, Kay and I planted (with the help of many friends) rows and rows of tiny lavender ‘plugs’ in hopes of one day seeing a harvest. This hobby on the sidelines of our lives has at times hijacked us and become our life. It has been hard work. But the work of planting, weeding, fertilizing (non-chemically, of course), and watering paid off this summer with an acre of eye-pleasing, luscious-smelling lavender blooms. And once blooms appear comes the equally hard work of harvesting!
I suspect our friends and family are secretly asking (and some not so secretly), Why are you doing this? Are you out of your minds? Don’t you have better things to do with your time? (more…)