What does a lavender farmer do in the winter?

It’s February in Cache Valley. That means we’ve been in snuggled up in front of the cozy fire and taking a break from the high energy of summer.

Here is what we’ve been up to this winter…

Planning the lavender festival is a big, fun project! We’re taking vendor applications right now. We are working on the line up for our music entertainment. We’re excited to have a real stage and better sound system this year. We’re also choosing the food trucks for the festival.

We’ve been making plans about where to put our strawberry patch, and deciding where should we add raspberries and blackberries?

Blake ordered 25 Guinea fowl! That will be an adventure! We’ve heard good things about how well they keep the grasshoppers down, and we’re always looking for better ways to manage pests because we don’t use chemicals or pesticides to keep our lavender happy.

Ordering lots of plants! We are planning to replace some of the old and dying lavender plants as well as add more rows to the grosso field. We are getting an abundance so we can have them available for sale at the lavender festival too! It’s really exciting to try new cultivars, this year we’re trying Riverina Thomas and Phenomenal.

Getting geared up to prune the orchard soon!