Another wet spring has impacted the lavender. I cut 75 bundles where I really could have had 150. It's enough to sell some at Lily's Garden in Urbana and Old Glory Antiques in Mutual and to have some to give as gifts throughout the year, but it's a pretty thin harvest.
Too many old plants I think and definitely too much water. I did plant 32 new plants, all hardy English and hopefully they will do better. I may have to give up on the big, showy Lavandins I love so much. But we'll see. The pruning I did before cutting is already yielding returns of lots of new growth. I'm going to concentrate on pruning all the plants for the rest of the summer.
Even though I had to rip out some of my beloved Marge Clarks all the way to the root as the woody limbs were rotted, I hold out hope the roots below are still viable to grow anew. The Tucker's Purple look salvageable.
I'll give updates on the new plants and pruning as the summer goes on. For now, check out this egg I found in the lavender a couple weeks ago:
This is a cached duck or chicken egg that a fox "saved for later" you can see around the eggs where the gravel was shifted around it by the fox's nose!
Even though I had to rip out some of my beloved Marge Clarks all the way to the root as the woody limbs were rotted, I hold out hope the roots below are still viable to grow anew. The Tucker's Purple look salvageable.
I'll give updates on the new plants and pruning as the summer goes on. For now, check out this egg I found in the lavender a couple weeks ago:
This is a cached duck or chicken egg that a fox "saved for later" you can see around the eggs where the gravel was shifted around it by the fox's nose!
