How to harvest lavender

Well I feel so laid back and relaxed as I have just spent the past hour harvesting my lavender.

It 's such a shame to do it in one way as the bees seem to be having a ball but if I leave it any longer then it will all have gone to seed.

How to harvest your lavender:

• It's best to harvest it when it is in full flower as it holds it's scent the best and longest.
• Arm yourself with an apron with pockets - I use my favourite garden apron as it has lots - a ball of string, a pair of scissors or secateurs and a few paper carrier bags. However any kind of paper bag will do.
• I put my ball of string into one pocket and my scissors in the other.
  Cut into the lavender and try to get as long stalk as possible. Try not to cut into the dead wood as it will prevent it from flowering next year.
• Tie a piece of string around a good bunch and then tie this to the handles of the bag, making sure the lavender is inside the bag of course. The seeds can then dry off and fall into the bag.
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  Keep doing this until the bag is full, about 4 to 5 bunches and then move onto the next bag.
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  Next tie the handles together with the string
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  Tie the bag to a hook or somehing similar in a dark, dry room such as an airing cupboard. I tend to use my airing cupbaord but also my cellar. It's lovely when you open the door and your linen smells of lavender.
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  Leave for a couple of months until it is really dry and the seeds fall off, then you are raring to go.

Come back soon and I will tell you How to make a lavender sachet.

Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts!