Author Archives: AmyD

A few months ago, I did quite a bit of research in preparation for our first try at lavender propagation.  Since then, we’ve been working on other projects (okay, mostly just endless weeding and mowing) and waiting for enough new … Continue reading →

Every year in mid-March, I head to San Francisco (or rather, San Mateo) for the San Francisco Garden Show.  I always take a day off from work so I can visit the show early in the week and round up … Continue reading →

This weekend, we all took a break.  We didn’t really want to – we really wanted to order a dumpster and continue with our barn demolition work.  But it finally rained this week – hard – so we decided to … Continue reading →

This was a great spring weekend to get things done.  In two days we weeded the back lavender field, mowed between the rows and pulled up the remaining disintegrating weed cloth, did our first full spring inspection of the beehive … Continue reading →

Whether we’re ready for it or not, winter is slowly fading to spring.  Not like there’s been much of a change in terms of the weather.  Most of January was sunny with highs in the 60′s and, come to think … Continue reading →

We asked Gloria, our resident birdwatcher, to blog for this week’s Farmhouse Festival Fridays over at The Renegade Farmer.  Click on over to their site to read more farming stories. When I was a child, I loved to climb the … Continue reading →

Last weekend, we poured a concrete foundation for our new, old, new to the farm lavender drying shed.  We’ve been talking quite a bit about outbuildings for the farm lately and though it may seem like nothing special, barns and … Continue reading →

This post is our first participation in the Renegade Farmer Farmhouse Festival Fridays. Click on over to find more Friday farming posts! As February begins, we’re officially entering the new beekeeping season, our second season (or first full one depending … Continue reading →

One of the most frustrating interesting parts of this project has been that we’ve had to learn everything as we go.  As much as we read, asked and studied lavender before getting our first plant in the ground, we come … Continue reading →