A few weeks ago, Wayward Winds Lavender (blog, website) posted a better way to remove lavender florets (buds) from the stems in response to one of my lavender posts. I’ve been meaning to try that technique for a while and yesterday I finally got the opportunity.

What a difference! Instead of taking 30-60 minutes to process a bag of lavender stalks, I processed my entire supply of ten or twelve bags in under two hours. It’s a huge difference and a vastly superior process.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

The process is a little messier than my old method, but I’ll trade fifteen extra minutes of clean-up for the huge time savings.

Once again, many thanks to the folks at Wayward Winds Lavender Farm.

Our lavender plants are starting to produce a second crop of flowers this year. I was planning to leave the flowers on the plants because the second bloom is usually not as productive as the first and because I didn’t want to take the time to process more lavender. Now I’m considering harvesting more lavender.
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