the (lavender) flow of life
The flow of life, at least in terms of our lavender, just turned another corner. Thanks to some great helpers and the cooperation of Tāwhirimātea (Maori god of weather), all our new seasons lavender oil is now safely in amber bottles and stored in the fridge. Read more… Our Pacific Blue is always an early harvest and this year the hot weather […]
Read more…Grosso lavender flowers turn into a golden oil
![The weather turned over the last few weeks and higher temperatures really pumped up the oil in our Grosso. The yield was fantastic and we are happily storing the new oil in amber bottles waiting for it to mature.
[…] Read more…](https://www.akaroaorganics.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC03115-e1485889144716-scaled-663x497.jpg "Grosso")
The weather turned over the last few weeks and higher temperatures really pumped up the oil in our Grosso. The yield was fantastic and we are happily storing the new oil in amber bottles waiting for it to mature. […]
Read more…Almost harvest time………
![It’s a late summer.The fire has even been on in the house on some days (!!) so we are around two weeks behind our normal harvest time.
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It’s a late summer.The fire has even been on in the house on some days (!!) so we are around two weeks behind our normal harvest time. […]
Read more…Harvest over
![Weve got the crop in! Thanks to Matt and Kendall and a number of other helpers, both the Grosso and Pacific Blue are all harvested. We usually start harvesting after 10am when the sun has been on the flowers for a few hours. This draws the oil up the stalk into the flowerhead […] Read more…](https://www.akaroaorganics.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/harvest-663x265.jpg "harvest")
Weve got the crop in! Thanks to Matt and Kendall and a number of other helpers, both the Grosso and Pacific Blue are all harvested. We usually start harvesting after 10am when the sun has been on the flowers for a few hours. This draws the oil up the stalk into the flowerhead […]
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