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Category: Growing Essential Oils
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Discover the wonders of English Lavender Essential Oil
This Weeks Spotlight Oil In a world brimming with synthetic remedies, English Lavender Essential oil stands as a beacon of natural healing. From its aromatic allure to its profound properties, it is an oil that has earned its rightful place in hearts and homes of many. Imagine strolling through a sun kissed Lavender field, each…
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Its all over for another year…
Thursday saw us process our last load of English chamomile herb for the 2023 season. The crop was planted in April this year and although got off to a dry start managed to produce a nice crop and bloom of chamomile flowers for processing in late September. The field was at my son’s farm around…
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English Chamomile Transplanting
Springtime is here and it’s time for us to replant many of our older or poorer plantations. During the autumn we took out several different herb blocks and have replanted them into new fields. On average we would leave our English Chamomile in the ground for around 5 years. The fields need to be alternated…
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Harvest 2020 Melissa, Applemint, Lovage & English Chamomile
Harvest is well underway now. Melissa crops have been distilled, yield was marginally lower than average, but the quality of the oil looks to be good. This year for the first time we tried Applemint for a customer, this went well, considering the crows took a liking to the young plants and hampered the establishment.…
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German Chamomile 2020 Harvest
It’s been a daunting growing season this year. An incredibly wet winter and an exceptionally dry spring, it’s always unnerving when you first begin distilling, to see how the crop has faired up. We were pleasantly surprised to see the crop looking fab, and the oil yield had not been hampered at all. But what…
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’17 Harvest Has Begun!
Harvest this year has been the earliest yet! We have started processing approximately 10 days earlier than previous years. German Chamomile (Matrucaria recutica) is under way. Yield this year is normal, quality is excellent. Due to the dry spring, some of the crops were not able to establish, and therefore it is possible overall yield…
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German Chamomile Seeding
German Chamomile seeding for this year has been completed and has been successful. The plants are growing and looking well. To seed the German Chamomile we sprinkle the seeds on the bare soil, just before a little bit of moisture is due to arrive, for an effective germination.
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Summer 2010
This summer has possibly been the hottest and driest we have experienced since we started producing essential oils over 12 years ago now. Although newly planted crops have struggled for moisture the established crops have produced less growth but oil yields are certainly higher on the those distilled so far. German chamomile and English/Roman chamomile yields…
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Organic Lavender Floral Water
We now have available our own distilled Organic Lavender Water. We attained soil association certification for our distillery during the summer of 2008 and have distilled this from a contract customer who is growing organic lavender. Available in the online shop from £2.90 for 100ml. Also in 250ml and 1000ml sizes.
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2009 Outlook
2009 has started with some very cold weather which has delayed the spreading of the distilled herb waste back onto the fields, this action not only replaces organic matter back into the soil but also has some nutrient value which with the high costs of fertilser at the moment is a welcome alternative. Chamomile plants…
